COMP345 - fall 2017

Course Description

COMP 345 - Advanced Program Design with C++ (4 credits)

Prerequisite: COMP352 previously or concurrently. Introduction to C++. I/O with stream classes. Pointers and their uses. TheStandard Template Library (STL): containers, algorithms, iterators, adaptors, function objects. Class design: constructors, destructors, operator overloading, inheritance, virtual functions, exception handling, memory management. Advanced topics: libraries, locales, STL conventions, concurrency, template metaprogramming. Applications of C++: systems, engineering, games programming. Project. Lectures: three hours per week. Laboratory: two hours per week.

Course Schedule and Contacts

component	day	time	location	instructor	e-mail address	web
lecture D	-T-J---	13:15-14:30	H-520	Paquet, Joey	paquet@encs.concordia.ca
office hours D	--W----	10:00-12:00	EV-3-221	Paquet, Joey

Lecture Schedule

wk	date	event	topics	lecture material	laboratory material
week 1	sep 5, sep 7	project description handout	introduction to the course and project introduction to C++	Slide set 0
week 2	sep 12, sep 14	[sep 15] group formation deadline	program organization compilation units, namespaces data types, type coercion streams pointers	Slide set 1 Slide set 2 Slide set 3	Code for slide set 1 MFC serialization
week 3	sep 19, sep 21		structures, classes inheritance constructors, destructors const, inline, static friends	Slide set 4	Code for slide set 4
week 4	sep 26, sep 28	individual programming assignment #1 handout
week 5	oct 3, oct 5		arrays, dynamic arrays	Slide set 5	Code for slide set 5
week 6	oct 10, oct 12		MVC architecture observer pattern	Slide set 6	Observer pattern
week 7	oct 17, oct 19	[oct 19] midterm examination individual programming assignment #2 handout project build #1 grading sheet handout [oct 20] individual programming assignment #1 due
week 8	oct 24, oct 26		polymorphism virtual functions abstract classes slicing problem, value and reference semantics virtual function tables diamond problem, virtual inheritance	Slide set 7	Abstract classes Polymorphism Virtual Inheritance Private Inheritance
week 9	oct 31, nov 2	individual programming assignment #3 handout [nov 3] individual programming assignment #2 due [nov 6] Deadline for withdrawal	design patterns in C++	Slide set 8	Code for slide set 8
week 10	nov 7, nov 9	[nov 8-10] intermediate project delivery due peer evaluation	operator overloading	Slide set 9	Operator Overloading
week 11	nov 14, nov 16	final project build grading sheet handout	exception handling	Slide set 10	Exception Handling
week 12	nov 21, nov 23	[nov 24] individual programming assignment #3 due	templates metaprogramming	Slide set 11	Templates
week 13	nov 28, nov 30	[nov 29 - dec 1]final project delivery due peer evaluation
exam week	dec 6 - dec 20	final examination : TBD

Course Material and Resources

• Course outline
• COMP345 Fall 2017 teams
• ENCS Electronic Student Submission System
• JMSB Peer Assessment System
• Source code of all program examples in Walter Savitch's "Absolute C++"
• Source code of all program examples in Daniel Liang's "Introduction to Programming with C++"

Code used in the lecture slides

• Code from slide set 1
• MFC serialization
• Abstract classes
• Polymorphism
• Observer pattern
• Design patterns
• Virtual Inheritance
• Private Inheritance
• Operator Overloading
• Exception Handling
• Templates
• design patterns implemented in C++ (1)
• design patterns implemented in C++ (2)

Other Material

• Using a revision control system
• Using a unit testing framework: CppUnit [sample code] [cppunit library source code]