Proposed new courses:
  COMP2??? OO Development
  COMP3??? OO Programming Models
  COMP4??? Advanced Topics in OO Software Development

Proposed removal:
  COMP3141
  COMP4001

Given Ken's proposal for SE changes I would like to flag what I have in
mind. This is a rather belated follow-on from my "OO sub-committee from
years back ca 2000", and may have some bearing on what Ken has in mind,
particularly wrt UML and informal design, and the desire to connect 3141
with the SENG workshop 3010.

In brief my proposal is to introduce a Software Development strand with a
focus on lightweight OO techniques (call it OO Software Devpt if you
prefer). I think this could involve refactoring COMP3141 (Systems Design
&
Impl) and COMP4001 (OO Software Devpt) into 3 courses, which for want of
better labels I will call COMP2???, COMP3??? and COMP4???

Currently COMP4001 is covering OO design, design patterns, brief mention
of design by contract, and C++ implementation (with some focus on STL).
The major assignment is a full design and implementation of a loosely
spec'ed application, with GUI. This assignment appears to be popular.
Daniel Woo has set 4001 has a pre-req for COMP4511 (UI Design and
Construction) largely because of the coverage of design patterns (I
guess?).

Amir can tell us better what's in COMP3141 now but it appears
to be a mix of Python, Java and C++ development, together with a raft
of interesting, largely advanced (at least, cutting edge) topics in OO.
These include refactoring and aspects.

Over the years there has been varying degrees of overlap between 3141 and
4001, and my proposal should help to maintain the separation.


Here's a first cut of a possible breakdown of the 3 courses.


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COMP2??? OO Development
=======================

Aim: to give students the experience
     of designing *and* implementing
     a complete application,
     while learning principles and techniques
     of good design and coding

Implementation platform: Java

Format:
  2 hour lect + 2 hour lab per week
Prereq: COMP2011 or equiv
	(for introduction to Java programming
         and familiarity with Java Collections Framework)

Topics:
-------
Agile Development:
   unit testing
   use of JUnit
   pair programming

OO Design:
   Informal: CRC Cards
   Semi-formal: UML subset
                class diagrams
                object diagrams and sequence diagrams

Design by Contract:
   class invariants
   pre and post-conditions
   run-time assertions

Design Patterns:
   coverage of the GOF patterns
   integrated into other parts of the course

Frameworks:
   design considerations
   GUI framework case studies: AWT, Swing, SWT (ex IBM)
   identification of design patterns in existing frameworks

Designing for Reuse:
   practice in designing a small framework
   refactoring code



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COMP3??? OO Programming Models
==============================
Aim: to become familiar with a variety of OO Programming Languages
     to gain programming experience with at least 2 new OO languages

Prereq: COMP2011 (probably don't need COMP2??? as prereq)


Topics:

     topics will be exposed through practical programming exercises

     comparative study of Java, C++, Python, Eiffel
         survey of others e.g. Smalltalk, Ruby, C#
     to understand the organisation of OO runtimes
        JVM
        C++ object layout
        Python model
        .net Common Language Runtime
     inheritance models
       multiple inheritance in Eiffel and C++
     dynamic binding
       single vs multiple dispatch
       multi-methods in CLOS and Cecil
         loss of data encapsulation
     parametric classes (Java, Eiffel)
       contravariance vs covariance vs nonvariance
       c.f. C++ templates
     functions as objects
       closures
       C# delegates
       Eiffel agents
       C++
          function pointers
          STL Functors


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COMP4??? Advanced Topics in OO Software Development
===================================================

Aim: to expose students to the cutting edge of OOSD
     to introduce students to active research areas in OO

Prereq: COMP2??? and COMP3???

Topics will be decided on a year by year basis.
Current topics could include a selection from:

   Aspect-oriented programming
   Refactoring techniques
   Concurrency and objects
       design principles and patterns
   Ownership types
       containment and encapsulation

   Component-based models
   Distributed object models
   Security and objects

   OCL and Precise UML
   Formal OO methods

   OO type systems
   Object calculus and variants

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Further comments
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Frequency of offering is up to TC. Commencing 05s1? If it was legally
feasible I could dry-run COMP2??? in 04s2

Current staffing possibilities:

COMP2???: JMP (for starters)

COMP3???: GuyT or JP for C++, Amir for Python

COMP4???: ideally should be taught in modules by a team of 3 or so
          JMP, JP, GuyT, Amir, Ian Gorton ...



Issues:

1. Some overlap with SENG workshops, but I see the development style
being
more oriented towards the organisational approach, with extra formality,
and documentation of requirements etc.

2. To avoid too much duplicated material, I think that students with
any of COMP3141 and COMP4001 should be banned from COMP2??? and COMP3???
but that will depend on the final shape of the courses.