This course teaches principles and practices of advanced object-oriented design and programming.

Students learn the following concepts:

Class-Level

• Method design

• Class design

• Classes and interfaces

• Subtyping and inheritance

• Implementing inheritance

• Design by contract

Collaboration-Level

• Values vs. objects

• Role objects

• Type objects

• Object creation

• Collaboration-based design

• Design patterns

Component-Level

• Error handling

• Meta-object protocols

• Frameworks and components

• Domain-driven design

• API evolution