Fall 2002 Programming Language Seminar

Fall 2002 Programming Language Seminar:
Aspect-Oriented Programming with AspectJ

This seminar took place in the Fall of 2002. This page serves as an archive to material covered in the seminar and as a repository for presentations and lectures.

Synopsis

Synopsis:
The focus for this seminar is aspect-oriented programming (AOP). The seminar will give participants a feel for what AOP is, when it can be useful, and will also gain hands-on experience with aspect-oriented software development in AspectJ, an aspect extension for Java. It is intended primarily for junior- and senior-level undergraduate students interested in learning about AOP.

The seminar will introduce AspectJ and several lectures will focus on syntax and use of the language in software development projects. Regular homework will be assigned, and after the language has been covered larger class projects will be modularly built from classes and aspects involving design, implementation, and presentation in class.

There will be no in-class quizzes or examinations.

Important Information:

Course number		E61 6783
Meeting place		Lopata 103
Meeting time		Wednesdays, 1:00-2:30pm
Credit		1 unit
Grade option		pass/fail only *

* You pass the seminar by attending and participating.

Registration for this seminar is CLOSED.
Please see more recent programming language seminars.

Code Examples:
An index of code referred to in class is available.

Seminar Calendar:
The Fall 2002 programming language seminar meets Wednesdays at 1pm in Lopata 103.

Date	Topic	Lecture Notes	Homework
28 August 1pm, Bryan 509C	Organizational Meeting Handout: How to set up AspectJ	HTML	Homework 1 assigned
4 September	Class cancelled (Conflict with thesis defense)
11 September	AspectJ syntax and examples	HTML	Homework 1 due Homework 2 assigned
18 September	More AspectJ syntax and examples Handout: TraceCounter	HTML	Homework 2 due
25 September	Advice Precedence, Introduction, Aspect Extension, Observer design pattern Handout: Observer design pattern code	HTML (code only at present)	Homework 3 assigned
2 October	Class discussions: Gang of Four design patterns with aspects	See the homework #3 page	Homework 3 due
9 October		See the homework #3 page
16 October	Control flow, aspect instantiation, finish up AspectJ	...
23 October	Nuts and Bolts: Some "aspect idioms" in Java	...	Project proposals due
30 October	Aspect Design: Network and Concurrency Patterns	HTML (partial)
6 November	Other Advanced Separation of Concerns (ASoC) technologies	HTML (links)
13 November	Future of AOP and AspectJ	HTML (links)
20 November	Final project presentations: Bicycling, Blackjack, Aircraft Design, and Aspectified Distributed Collaboration Tool	Presentation schedule	Final projects
27 November	THANKSGIVING BREAK
4 December	Final project presentations: Proxy Server, Web Browser, and PCESGraph/Clazzer	Presentation schedule	Final projects

Useful Resources:

Links:

ACM Digital Library -- access to full papers available from the Washington University network
IBM's Subject-Oriented Programming website
IBM's Hyperspaces (Multi-Dimensional Separation of Concerns) website

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