University of Dar es Salaam

CS 234: Object-Oriented
Programming in Java
Course Introduction

Aron Kondoro
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Course Information
• Course Code: CS 234
• Course Name: Object Oriented Programming in Java
• Prerequisite: CS 175 Programming in Java
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Course Staff
• Lecturer
• Aron Kondoro (kondoro.aron@udsm.ac.tz)
• Practical Assistants
• Dr. Charles Tarimo (ndekarisho@gmail.com)
• Mr. Marco Masembo (marcomasembo1@gmail.com)
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Delivery Mode
• Lectures
• PowerPoint slides posted weekly in the LMS
• Supplemental video demonstrations
• Lab exercises designed to help students practice and master the
material
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Course Schedule
• Lecture
• Monday, 1800 – 1955, D01 Luhanga Hall
• Lab Practicals
• Wednesday, 0700 – 0855, B106
• Thursday, 1800 – 1955, B106
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Assessment
• Test (20)
• Lab Assignments (20)
• You will be asked to write code that produces specific outputs and/or behaves
in very specific ways.
• Examination (60)
• The final examination will be a 3 hours on-site exam and will be administered
during the examination period at the end of the term.
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Course Requirements
• Students are required to attend lectures and complete labs and any
assignments.
• No makeup lab/assignment/exam will be accepted unless there is an
emergency, in which case documented evidence may be required.
• All students in this course must register in the LMS and complete the
online registration form.
• All work must be submitted by the due date/time.
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Student Responsibilities
• Students should log into the LMS at least once weekly (and preferably
more)
• For maximum success, students should read the lectures, watch the
video demonstrations, do lab exercises, and read the textbook
• No type of academic dishonesty will be tolerated. If you are caught
cheating (on the assignments or exams) the punishment will be the
most severe penalty allowed by the university policy
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Course Description
• Introduces object-oriented programming using the Java programming
language
• The course focuses on the understanding and practical mastery of
object-oriented concepts such as classes, objects, data abstraction,
methods, method overloading, inheritance and polymorphism
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Learning Outcomes
• Understand the key features of the Java programming language
• Apply object-oriented programming techniques using Java
• Explain the principles behind good object-oriented design
• Use and manipulate different Built-In Java Classes and APIs
• Write Java code to produce simple Java applications
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Content of the Course
• Introduction to OOP • Abstraction
• Java Basics • Object-Oriented Design
• Classes and Objects Principles
• Inheritance • Collections
• Polymorphism • Exceptions
• Encapsulation • Generics
• GUI components in Java
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Introduction to OOP
• Introduction to programming paradigms
• What is OOP?
• A brief history of OOP
• Advantages of using OOP
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Java Basics
• Overview of Java programming language
• Installation and setup
• Creating your first Java program
• Variables, data types, and operators in Java
• Control flow statements (if-else, loops, switch)
• Methods and functions in Java
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Classes and Objects
• What are classes and objects?
• Defining and creating classes in Java
• Creating and using objects in Java
• Constructors in Java
• Object initialisation
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OOP Concepts
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Collections
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Exceptions
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GUI
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Java Frameworks
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Recommended Readings
• Books
• Horstman, Cay. Big Java Early Objects 6th Edition. New York: John Wiley &
Sons, Inc. (4rd and 5th Editions are also acceptable) [This is a great
introduction to the Java programming language.]
• Schildt, Herbert. Java 7: A Beginner's Guide. McGraw-Hill, Inc., 2010.
• Bates, Bert, and Kathy Sierra. Head First Java Second Edition. (2021).
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Online Resources
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9DF6E4B45C36D411
• https://www.w3schools.com/java/java_oop.asp
• https://www.w3resource.com/java-exercises/
• https://java-programming.mooc.fi/
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Preparatory Tasks
• Familiarise yourself with the LMS and enrol yourself on CS 234
• https://lms.udsm.ac.tz/
• Fill in the registration form
• Set up Java on your computer
• Setup a GitHub account if you do not have one already
• Accept the assignment (by clicking the link in the LMS)
• Do assignments 0 and 1
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Registration Link

bit.ly/udsm-cs234
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Software Required
• Java Development Kit (Java 8.0 or later)
• An IDE such as IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, Netbeans, or a suitable text
editor such as Visual Studio Code
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GitHub
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GitHub Classrooms
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Assignments/Labs
• Each assignment will be distributed in the form of repositories
• If you experience problems while uploading assignments, email me
your work for grading IMMEDIATELY AND BEFORE THE DUE
DATE/TIME, along with a screenshot of the upload error.
• Unless otherwise stated, no assignments will be accepted late.