ADAP (Advanced Design and Programming)

It consists of a weekly lecture with exercises, homework and self-study, totaling 4 SWS, 5 ECTS. This is a hands-on course and students should be familiar with their Java IDE.
Students learn the following concepts:

Class-Level

• Method design
• Class design
• Classes and interfaces
• Subtyping and inheritance
• Implementing inheritance
• Design by contract

Collaboration-Level

• Values vs. objects
• Role objects
• Type objects
• Object creation
• Collaboration-based design
• Design patterns

Component-Level

• Error handling
• Meta-object protocols
• Frameworks and components
• Domain-driven design
• API evolution

The running example is the photo sharing and rating software Wahlzeit, see https://github.com/dirkriehle/wahlzeit.

Class is held as a three hour session with a short break in between. The class iterates over short lectures, discussion, and exercise chunks of 10-30min each. Students should bring a laptop with a well-working Java programming setup.

The overall schedule can be found at https://goo.gl/bePPn. Please sign up for the course on StudOn (link accessible through schedule spreadsheet) as soon as possible.

• Learn to recognize, analyse, and apply advanced concepts of object-oriented design and programming
• Learn to work with a realistic tool set-up, involving an IDE, configuration management, and a service hoster

• Exercise participation
• Homework assignments