Week 4

Week 4 - January 29

Due Today

	Chapter 7
	Program #3

Preparation for Class

	This class will be devoted to considerations in designing and implementing classes for use in your programs.
	You should complete the design portion of program #3 in advance of class.
	Because we are a little behind my original schedule, some time will be allowed for working on the programming portion in class, and the programs will be accepted through the weekend.

Topics Covered in this Class

Recursion Revisited

	Tower of Hanoi Demo Program
	Palindrome Assignment
	Eight Queens Assignment

Programming Paradigms

	Procedural
	Modular
	User-Defined Data Types ("Object-Based")
	Object-Oriented
	Generic

Object Concepts

	Encapsulation
	Polymorphism
	Inheritance

Review of Class Basics (Ch 6)

	Structures and structure members
	Structure versus class imlementation
	Class scope and data protection
	Interface versus implementation
	Access and Utility functions
	Constructors and Destructors
	Set and Get functions
	Returning References to members
	Assignment and the copy constructor

Practical Design Application - TicTacToe class

	Review of student designs
	Where does I/O belong in the design?
	Finalizing the Class Design
	Design of a TicTacToePlayer

Assignments

	Chapter 8
	Program #4

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Revised: July 15, 2002 - cpoole@ctc.edu