Welcome to COMP 313/413 at Loyola University Chicago

Lecture notes for the mostly Scala and Android-based course COMP 313/413: Intermediate Object-Oriented Programming at Loyola University Chicago’s Computer Science Department. This version of the course is normally taught by Konstantin Läufer.

Warning

These notes are still being written, so expect a few rough edges. But we’re getting closer!

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Course Outline
  • 2.1. Overall Outline of Topics (subject to revision)
  • 2.2. Typical structure of a weekly session
  • 2.3. Typical assignments over a two-to-three-week period
• 3. Context and Background
  • 3.1. Software requirements
  • 3.2. Overview of a lightweight development process
  • 3.3. Software design principles and patterns
• 4. Basics of Object-Oriented Programming
  • 4.1. Reference semantics vs. value semantics
  • 4.2. Equality vs. identity
  • 4.3. Parametric polymorphism (generics)
  • 4.4. Relationships among classes and interfaces
  • 4.5. Class-interface continuum
  • 4.6. Subtyping vs. subclassing/inheritance
  • 4.7. Subtype polymorphism: static vs. dynamic type
  • 4.8. Being a good descendant of java.lang.Object/System.Object
  • 4.9. Clone in the context of the Composite pattern
  • 4.10. Packages/namespaces
  • 4.11. Member access
• 5. Summary
• 6. Appendix: Course Software
  • 6.1. Required Software
  • 6.2. Optional But Useful Software
  • 6.3. Recommended Software
  • 6.4. Alternative Stack
  • 6.5. Overview of Android Development Modes
• 7. Appendix: Course Syllabi
  • 7.1. Course: COMP 313/413: Intermediate Object-Oriented Development
  • 7.2. Sections: 002 Fall 2021
  • 7.3. Sections: 313-002/004 and 413-003/004 Fall 2020
  • 7.4. Key Resources
• 8. Appendix: TODO

Indices and tables

• Index

• Search Page

Todo

add sample projects, activities, tests, and (tiered) master list for presentations