CIS 221: Software Development Using Components

CIS 221:
Software Development Using Components

Description

Component-based software from client programmer's perspective; intellectual foundations of software engineering; mathematical modeling; specification of object-oriented components; layering; testing and debugging layered operations.

Level, Credits, Class Time Distribution, Prerequisites

Level	Credits	Class Time Distribution	Prerequisites
U	4	Three one-hour lectures, one one-hour lab	Math 151 (H221: Math H161 or Math H190); CIS 201 or EG 167 or CIS placement level A

Quarters Offered, General Information, Exclusions, Cross-Listings, etc.

Au, Wi, Sp, Su (221H: Wi)
C++ is taught using the RESOLVE discipline for software design.

Course Objectives

Master using basic C++ control structures and statements, the basic classes Boolean, Character, Integer, Real, Text, Character_IStream, Character_OStream, and related RESOLVE/C++ principles for clients, to write simple main programs and layered implementations of operations;
Be familiar with using the computing environment (operating system, tools, language system, etc.) to complete lab assignments and to communicate electronically with others;
Be familiar with using the GUI_Catalog, Id_Name_Table, Least_Cost_Path_Machine, and Natural_Number classes to write simple main programs and layered implementations of operations;
Be familiar with using simple recursion to write layered implementations of operations;
Be familiar with using simple predicate calculus assertions involving mathematical integer, string, and tuple models to understand and reason about an operation's behavior;
Be familiar with using simple techniques to test layered implementations of operations, including developing and carrying out simple specification-based test plans;
Be familiar with using simple techniques to debug layered implementations of operations;
Be exposed to writing simple predicate calculus assertions involving mathematical integer, string, and tuple models to describe the intended behavior of an operation;
Be exposed to using induction arguments to establish the correctness of recursive implementations of operations;
Be exposed to using simple loop specifications to reason about loop behavior.

Relationship to ABET Criterion 3

Relationship to CSE Program Objectives

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Textbooks and Other Required Material

CIS 221 Course Notes, a.k.a. Weide, B.W., Software Component Engineering, OSU Reprographics, 1999.
CIS 221 Handouts, OSU Reprographics.

Topics

Number of Weeks	Topic	Readings
0.5	Mechanics: World-Wide Web, editing, UNIX file system, simple UNIX commands	Handouts
1.5	Framework; philosophical and intellectual focus of computer science and engineering; natural vs. formal languages; "systems" thinking; mathematical modeling and object-oriented thinking	[W99] Chapters 1-4
3	C++ language and RESOLVE/C++ discipline: objects; procedure vs. function operations; declarations, control structures, and other statements; RESOLVE/C++ built-in types; simple terminal and file I/O	Handouts, [W99] Chapter 5, [W99] Text
2	Reasoning about program behavior from specifications; testing; how to write and reason about loops; how to write and reason about recursive operation bodies	[W99] Chapter 6, Handouts
2.5	Classes; Id_Name_Table and Least_Cost_Path_Machine components; checks relation; extends relation; GUI and Natural_Number components	[W99] Chapter 7, [W99] GUI, Id_Name_Table, Least_Cost_Path_Machine, Natural_Number
0.5	Review and exams

Representative Lab Assignments

Week	Lab Topic
1	Home page
2	Calculate change
3	Newton iteration
4	GUI vending machine
5-6	Least_Cost_Path_Machine client
7-8	Additional operations for Text
9	Natural number calculator
10	Natural number extension and algorithm improvements

Grading Plan

Midterm Exam	Final Exam	Homework Assignments	Closed Lab Assignments	Lab Assignments	Class Participation
20%	30%	10% (total of many)	10% (10 @ 1% each)	28% (8 @ 3.5%)	2%

Important Note: A passing grade on the final exam is required in order to receive a passing grade for the course.

Preparer Information and Date: Syllabus prepared by Bruce W. Weide, last modified 11 March 1999.