Study Guide

Objective

After completing the course the student can:
- explain the different phases and main methods of the development of a software product
- explain the concepts class hierarchy, inheritance, and polymorphism, and utilize these in software development
- discuss the possibilities of parallel programming
- apply exception handling mechanisms
- design, implement and document a simple user interface application.

Content

- object-oriented structures
- error handling with exceptions
- threads
- database connection
- software development process and methods
- UML diagrams

Materials

Published at git.dc.turkuamk.fi

Teaching methods

Lectures
Exercises
Final project

Student workload

lectures 12h
hands-on exercises 24h
home exercises 100h

Content scheduling

1. Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
2. Classes, Objects and Methods
3. Objects and references
4. Class hierarchies
5. Design Patterns
6. Applications

Further information

itslearning course page

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

for a total of 100pts:
40 pts homework submitted
40 pts development process evidence in gitlab
20 pts concepts exam

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

<50 pts
missing homework
No systematic gitlab commit evidence

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

50-70 pts
homework missing
Weak evidence of systematic commit cycle

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

70-90 pts
Clear evidence of systematic commit cycle

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

>90 pts

Qualifications

Introduction to Programming or equivalent programming skills