CS4354: Readings

Java:

Thinking in Java: The Definitive Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming in the Language of the World-Wide Web, by Bruce Eckel, Prentice Hall.
3rd ed: ISBN: 0131002872  :  Free!!  Try the following links:
http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/ 
http://www-plan.cs.colorado.edu/diwan/3308-05/book/TIJ3.htm 
http://www.oopweb.com/Java/Documents/ThinkingInJava/VolumeFrames.html

4th ed: ISBN: 0131872486
http://www.mindviewinc.com/Books/TIJ4/  Note first 7 chapters free at this link.

The Java information covered in class is from the following chapters of Thinking in Java:

    Everything Is an Object
    Operators
    Controlling Execution
    Initialization & Cleanup
    Access Control
    Reusing Classes
    Polymorphism
    Interfaces
    Holding Your Objects (for Collections)
    Error Handling with Exceptions
    Strings  (for String and Scanner classes)
    I/O (for Object serialization)

Absolute Java (5th Edition) by Walter Savitch, Kenrick Mock, Addison-Wesley, 2012.  ISBN: 0132830310

Javadoc:

http://javaworkshop.sourceforge.net/chapter4.html

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/java/java_documentation.htm

https://thenewcircle.com/static/bookshelf/java_fundamentals_tutorial/javadoc.html

UML:

UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language by Martin Fowler, Addison-Wesley Professional 3 edition, 2003.  ISBN: 0321193687

GRASP:

Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development (3rd Edition) by Craig Larman, Prentice Hall,  2004. ISBN: 0131489062
2nd ed: chapters 16 and 22
3rd ed: chapters 17 and 25

Presentations:

http://www.cs.newpaltz.edu/~pletcha/SE/duncan.pdf

http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~kena/classes/5448/f12/presentation-materials/rao.pdf

http://web.cs.dal.ca/~jin/3132/lectures/dp-13.pdf

You Tube Videos:

Derek Banas, Object Oriented Design 10 and 11
—these are ok, good examples, but I don’t agree with everything he says…

http://youtu.be/9Y2mZger8kE

http://youtu.be/ovzDLPfK_T0

Design Patterns:

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson and John Vlissides, Addison-Wesley, 1994. ISBN: 0201633612 (aka: GOF, Gang of Four book)

(Bruegge, chapter 8)

JUnit:

Online tutorials for JUnit 4:

http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/JUnit/article.html

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/junit/

Refactoring:

Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, John Brant and William Opdyke, Addison-Wesley, 1999. ISBN: 0201485672

http://sourcemaking.com/refactoring (use the table of contents to navigate)

http://www.methodsandtools.com/archive/archive.php?id=4

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-ecref/

© Jill Seaman 2015