People in the Baltimore/DC area might be interested in the following short
course offered at UMBC during the first summer session.


		 UMBC SUMMER SESSION COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSE
				       
		 CMSC 491 Special Topics in Computer Science:
	      Object Oriented Programming Languages and Systems
	
Instructor: Shon Vick
Time: MW 6:00 to 8:20, May 26 to August 14
Registration Information: Office of Continuing Education 410-455-2336

This course will introduce the concepts of Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Languages and Systems. The course will start with an introduction of
fundamental abstraction, modularity and encapsulation mechanisms in OOP from
both a software engineering and representational perspective. Contrasts with
imperative programming languages will be made.  Next basic OOP concepts will
be covered such as notions of polymorphism and operator overloading, message
passing viz generic functions, late versus early binding times, as well as
inheritance mechanisms and their relationship to programming language type
systems. The course will also include a survey of OOP and systems with
applications. Pure OOP environments such as SmallTalk will be contrasted with
mixed paradigm languages such as C++, Objective C, and CLOS. There will be a
small programming project. Additional topics as time permits.

REQUIRED TEXT:   

The Tao of Objects: A Beginners Guide to Object Oriented Programming, Gary
Entsmingen, M&T Books, 1991

COURSE OUTLINE:

Motivation and Introduction:

  Overview of course. 
  Why study Object Oriented programming languages? 
  The Inherent Complexity of Software development. 
  Elements of the Object Model
  Review of Programming Language Paradigms
  Whats an Object? Notions of State , Behavior and Identity
  Is Ada Object Oriented or what?

The Elements of Object Oriented Programming Languages:

  Overview of Basic OOP Constructs Notions and terminology 
  Introduction to several OOP: C++ and Objective C
  Rudiments of SmallTalk
  Polymorphism and operator overloading
  Notions of message passing and methods as contrasted to procedures.
  Late versus early binding times
  A survey of inheritance mechanisms their powers and their problems
    as well as their relationship to programming language type systems. 
  Architecture and implementation issues

Mixed Paradigm Programming  and Pure OOP Languages:

  Further Presentation of SmallTalk
  The Common Lisp Object System (CLOS) : AN Example of Integrating 
	Programming Paradigms
  Message passing viz generic functions
  The Darker Side of C++

Applications:

  OOP in the construction User Interfaces, AI , and other applications


REFERENCES AND SOURCES

Supplementary readings from various serials, articles, texts and other sources
to be provided by the instructor as handouts or made available at the library:

Object-Oriented Programming : An Evolutionary Approach, Brad Cox,
Addison-Wesley, 1986, pp 1 - 63

Reusability: The Case for Object-Oriented Design, Bertrand Meyer, from
Software Reusability: Vol II Applications and Experience, ACM Press, 1989

Object-Oriented Concepts, Databases and Applications and Experience, ACM
Press, 1989, Chapters 1 and 4

Smalltalk80 The Language and Its Implementation, Adele Goldberg and David
Robson, Addison-Wesley, 1983

The Common Lisp Object System An Example of Integrating Programming Paradigms,
Danny G. Bobrow, excerpts of a talk given at AAAI 86

Object-Oriented Programming: Themes and Variations, Mark Stefik and Danny G.
Bobrow, AI Magazine, 1986., pp 40 - 62

The Influence of an Object-oriented Language on the Programming Environment,
Adele Goldberg, Proceedings of the 1983 ACM Computer Science Conference
Orlando Florida pp 35-54

An Overview of C++, Bjarne Stroustrup, Object-Oriented Programming Workshop
ACM SIGPLAN Notices Vol 21 No 10 (October 1986)

On the Darker Side of C++, Markku Sakkinen, ECOOP88 - (European Conference on
Object-Oriented Programming), pp 162 - 174

Programming Languages Concepts and Paradigms, David Watt, Prentice Hall, 1990
, pp 222-229

Programming Languages- Concepts and Constructs - Ravi Sethi , Addison Wesley,
1989, pp 186 - 251

Object-Oriented Design With Applications, Grady Booch, Benjamin/Cummings,
1990, pp 1 -130