Software Development in Java

Unit Code:HIT6037

Credit Points	Duration	Contact Hours	Campus	Prerequisite	Corequisite
12.5 Credit Points	1 Semester or equivalent	48 hours	Hawthorn	A university level first year programming unit. e.g. Introduction to Programming in .NET (HIT5404) or Algorithmic Problem Solving (HIT5301) Preclusion: HIT7427 Object-Oriented Programming in .NET, HIT6302 Object-Oriented Programming, Programming in Java (HIT7037)	Nil

Credit Points

Duration

Contact Hours

Campus

Prerequisite

Corequisite

12.5 Credit Points

1 Semester or equivalent

48 hours

Hawthorn

A university level first year programming unit. e.g. Introduction to Programming in .NET (HIT5404) or Algorithmic Problem Solving (HIT5301)

Preclusion: HIT7427 Object-Oriented Programming in .NET, HIT6302 Object-Oriented Programming, Programming in Java (HIT7037)

Nil

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the Master of Information Technology, Graduate Certificate of Information Technology, Graduate Diploma of Information Technology, Master of Information Technology (Professional Computing) and Master of Technology (Information Technology).

Aims & Objectives:

Learning Outcomes
After successfully completing this unit of study, students should be able to:

Explain and apply object-oriented programming concepts, including objects, classes, methods, encapsulation, composition, inheritance, polymorphism, interfaces.
Based on given problem specifications, develop and test small to medium sized Java programs.
Discuss issues involved in the implementation and application of different programming concepts in Java.
Describe, interpret and apply Java coding and documentation standards.

Teaching Methods:

Lecture (24 hours), Tutorial (Labs) (24 hours)

Assessment:

Assignments, lab work, tests and a final examination

Content:

Introduction to Java language.
• Programming structures
• The root class: java.lang.Object
• Coding conventions
• Constructors
• Exceptions

Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
• Objects
• Classes
• Methods
• Encapsulation
• Composition
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism
• Interfaces

The Java Platform
• Collections
• Input/Output
• Text processing

• Object-Oriented Application Frameworks
• Unit testing
• Events and event handling
• Introduction to GUI programming

References:

Students will be advised of appropriate relevant reading when the unit is offered.

Typical texts:
Horstmann CS and Cornell G, Core Java 2 Volume 1 - Fundamentals, 8th edn, Prentice Hall 2007
Savitch W, Java: An Introduction to Problem Solving & Programming, 5th edn, Prentice Hall, 2007.

Barnes, DJ and Kölling, M: Objects First With Java - A Practical Introduction Using BlueJ, 34th ed, Prentice Hall / Pearson Education, 2009