CS 298 Advanced
Object-Oriented Techniques Using C# and .NET
Syllabus,
Spring 2007
Course title: CS 298 Advanced Object-Oriented Techniques
Using C# and .NET
Credits: 4
elective CS credits
Prerequisite: CS 171
Instructor: Dr.
Gancho Ganchev
Office: WS114
Phone: (203) 837-9349
Email: ganchevg@wcsu.edu, gfganchev@yahoo.com
Description:
This course will
present intermediate to advanced topics related to C# and object-oriented
software design. The course quickly
covers the basic features of the C# language, revises the fundamental
object-oriented concepts and then concentrates on more advanced topics such as
use of interfaces, .NET libraries, event handling, graphical user interface and
Winform classes, effective use of C# collections, exception handling, cloning,
iterators, partial classes, generics and serialization. The latest version .NET 2005 will be used.
The emphasis through will be on the sound use of object-oriented design
principles. No previous knowledge of C#
is required. The course can be used as a Computer Science elective.
Resources:
Recommended books
1. Deitel et al. (2002), C# How to
Program, Prentice Hall
2. Wiener. R, Modern Software
Development Using C# and .NET
Internet resources will be provided throughout the course
Class
notes and additional course materials will be
posted on the N: drive in the folder N:/Class/GanchevG/CS360.
Attendance: You are expected
to be present for each class session
Withdrawals: No withdrawals will be approved after the official
University deadline.
Assessment: Three tests and a final
exam
Tentative Schedule of
Topics:
|
Session |
Date
|
TOPIC |
|
1-Tu |
Jan 23 |
Basic Language Overview |
|
2-Th |
Jan 25 |
Basic Language Overview |
|
3-Tu |
Jan 30 |
Basic Language
Overview |
|
4-Th |
Feb 01 |
Basic class
construction |
|
5-Tu |
Feb 06 |
Basic class construction |
|
6-Th |
Feb 08 |
Strings, StringBuilders |
|
7-Tu |
Feb 13 |
Strings, StringBuilders |
|
8-Th |
Feb15 |
Arrays and Array Lists |
|
9-Tu |
Feb20 |
Arrays and Array Lists |
|
10-Th |
Feb 22 |
Structs |
|
11-Tu |
Feb 27 |
Test 1 |
|
12-Th |
Mar 01 |
Class design, attributes, assemblies |
|
13-Tu |
Mar 06 |
Inheritance and polymorphism |
|
14-Th |
Mar 08 |
Inheritance and
polymorphism |
|
15-Tu |
Mar 13 |
Interfaces |
|
16-Th |
Mar 15 |
Interfaces |
|
|
Mar 19-25 |
|
|
17-Tu |
Mar 27 |
Cloning,
operator overloading |
|
18-Th |
Mar 29 |
Delegates and
events |
|
19-Tu |
Apr 03 |
Test 2 |
|
20-Th |
Apr 05 |
Design patterns |
|
21-Tu |
Apr 10 |
Exception handling |
|
22-Th |
Apr 12 |
Graphics and GUI |
|
23-Tu |
Apr 17 |
Graphics and GUI |
|
24-Th |
Apr 19 |
Graphics and GUI |
|
25-Tu |
Apr 24 |
Files and
Streams |
|
26-Th |
Apr 26 |
Generic
programming |
|
27-Tu |
May 01 |
Built-in data
structures |
|
28-Th |
May 03 |
Multithreading |
|
29-Tu |
May 08 |
Socket
programming |
|
30-Th |
May 10 |
Test 3 |