CS545S: Modular Programming (Spring 2003)

Time: Tuesday, Thursday 7:00 - 8:30 PM

Room: Eliot 103

Weekly Schedule (Tentative)

Handouts

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Course Description

Part I: To study basic concepts of

• modular programming (encapsulation, abstract data types)
• object-oriented programming (class, inheritance, polymorphism, dynamic binding)
• concurrent programming (thread, synchronization)

through Java, in comparison with Oberon and Smalltalk.

Part II: To study the dataflow programming paradigm.

Part III: To apply the concepts presented in Part I and Part II through Java-based project work.

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Prerequisite

CS455 or permission of instructor.
Credit 3 units. (2 design credits)

Instructor

T. D. Kimura
E-mail : tdk@cs.wustl.edu Office : Room510 Jolley Hall Phone : 5-6122

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Recommended Readings

• [1] Flanagan, D. Java in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition, O'Reilly & Associates, 1999.

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Topics

· Introduction 1 week

· Principle of Modular Programming 1 week

· Object Oriented Programming in Java 2 weeks

· Parallel Programming in Java 2 weeks

· Dataflow Paradigm 2 weeks

· Modular Programming with Oberon and Smalltalk 3 weeks

· Project Presentations and Tests 2 weeks

Weekly Schedule (Tentative)

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Grading

Homework (30%)
Midterm Examination (30%)
Final Project (40%)

Final Project:

Dataflow-based Programming System

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