First part of a two-semester sequence, CSE 160 and CSE 260. Emphasizes a higher-level, object-oriented approach to the construction of software. Focus on software engineering issues such as programming style, modularity, and code reusability. Includes the way in which software tools can be used to aid the program development process. First considers the construction of small programs, continues by treating the design and implementation of program modules, and culminates in an introduction to object-oriented design techniques suitable for larger programs.

Computer Science Honors Program or Honors College or WISE program or permission of instructor.

• An ability to program in an object oriented language, using concepts such as object classes, encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism.
• An understanding the importance of programming style and modularity to the construction and evolution of robust software.
• An ability to use programming tools such as syntax-directed editors, debuggers, documentation generators and testing frameworks.
• An ability to construct software modules consisting of several hundred lines of code.

• Barnes and Koelling, "Objects First with JAVA: A Practical Introduction using BLUEJ", Pearson, 2009 (ISBN 0-13-606086-2).
• Horstmann, Object-Oriented Design and Patterns, Wiley, 2006 (ISBN 0-471-74487-5).
• Supplementary Material: None

• Class definitions, methods, programming style.
• Object interaction, object references, object state, mutability and immutability, using a debugger.
• Collections, iterators, arrays, library classes, documentation, using Javadoc.
• Packages and import, information hiding, public and private access modifiers, class diagrams.
• Debugging and testing, unit testing, regression testing, using JUnit for testing.
• Designing classes, modularity, programming by contract, preconditions, postconditions, invariants, assertions Cohesion, coupling, refactoring.
• Inheritance, polymorphism, Overriding, static and dynamic type, dynamic method lookup, super Abstract classes, interfaces, multiple inheritance, Exceptions and handlers, files and I/O, serialization, Intro to object-oriented design, CRC cards.

• Class definitions, methods, programming style.
• Object interaction, object references, object state, mutability and immutability, using a debugger.
• Collections, iterators, arrays, library classes, documentation, using Javadoc.
• Packages and import, information hiding, public and private access modifiers, class diagrams.
• Debugging and testing, unit testing, regression testing, using JUnit for testing.
• Designing classes, modularity, programming by contract, preconditions, postconditions, invariants, assertions Cohesion, coupling, refactoring.
• Inheritance, polymorphism, Overriding, static and dynamic type, dynamic method lookup, super Abstract classes, interfaces, multiple inheritance, Exceptions and handlers, files and I/O, serialization, Intro to object-oriented design, CRC cards.