CMSC446 Introduction To Design Patterns

Spring 2006

Syllabus

Course Description

This course is an introduction to software design patterns. Each pattern represents a best practice solution to a software problem in some context. The course will cover the rationale and benefits of object-oriented software design patterns. Several example problems will be studied to investigate the development of good design patterns. Specific patterns, such as Observer, State, Adapter, Strategy, Decorator and Abstract Factory will be discussed. Programming projects in the Java language will provide experience in the use of these patterns. In addition, distributed object frameworks, such as RMI, will be studied for their effective use of design patterns.

Course Outline

1. Introduction To Design Patterns
2. Introduction To Java
3. The Observer Pattern
4. The Template Method Pattern
5. Some OO Design Principles
6. Factory Patterns: Factory Method and Abstract Factory
7. The Singleton Pattern
8. The Iterator Pattern
9. The Composite Pattern
10. The Facade Pattern
11. The State and Strategy Patterns
12. Functors and the Command Pattern
13. The Proxy Pattern
14. RMI
15. The Adapter Pattern
16. The Decorator Pattern
17. Dynamic Proxies In Java
18. The Chain of Responsibility Pattern
19. Concurrency Patterns
20. The Visitor Pattern
21. AntiPatterns

Course Information

• Instructor: Bob Tarr
• Office: ITE 374
• Phone: (410)455-8776
• Email: tarr@umbc.edu
• Office Hours:
  
  • Monday/Wednesday : 6:30-7:00 PM and after class
    
• Grading:
  • Mid-Term 30 %
  • Final 30 %
  • Projects 40 %
• Course Home Page: http://www.research.umbc.edu/~tarr/dp/spr06/cs446.html
• Makeup Policy For Tests: No makeups unless medical (or religious) circumstances so warrant.
• Late Policy For Projects: No projects accepted after the final due date. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!
• Academic Integrity:

  All work in this class must be your own work. NO COPYING OR PLAGIARISM IS ALLOWED . If such is detected, no credit for the exam or project will be given and appropriate actions for academic dishonesty will be taken.

  By enrolling in this course, each student assumes the responsibilities of an active participant in UMBC's scholarly community in which everyone's academic work and behavior are held to the highest standards of honesty. Cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, and helping others to commit these acts are all forms of academic dishonesty, and they are wrong. Academic misconduct could result in disciplinary action that may include, but is not limited to, suspension or dismissal. To read the full Student Academic Conduct Policy, consult the UMBC Student Handbook, the Faculty Handbook, or the UMBC Policies section of the UMBC Directory.

Texts

• Required:
  
  • Design Patterns - Elements Of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, Gamma, et. al., Addison-Wesley, 1995
• Recommended:
  
  • Head First Design Patterns, Eric Freeman and Elisabeth Freeman , O'Reilly, 2004
  • Applied Java Patterns, Stephen Stelting and Olav Maassen, Prentice Hall, 2002
  • Java Design Patterns - A Tutorial, James W. Cooper, Addison-Wesley, 2000
  • Refactoring To Patterns, Joshua Kerievsky, Addison-Wesley, 2005