Audience
This course is for all IS staff with little or no exposure to Object Orientation who are involved in the evaluation or implementation of the technique.
Analysts, Designers and Programmers who will be using the methodology should also attend.
Prerequisites
A knowledge of the fundamentals of IT is assumed.
Duration
2 days. Hands on.
This course is available on site only. Please call for details.
Course Objectives
The course aims to demystify Object Orientation and explain the how's and why's in a simple, clear manner. By the end of the course, delegates should be able to describe the main concepts of Object Orientation, the components of Object Technology as well as the advantages and dangers related to the adoption of OT.
Upon completion they will be able to:
- Identify Objects from a problem description.
- Interpret and improve a class diagram.
- Describe the Principal OO techniques.
- Decide if OO is relevant to an application.
- Define the steps of OO analysis and design.
- List the effects of introducing OO into an IT department.
Course Content
Back to the Future: The History of the Object
The Hallmarks of an Object
Basic Elements of Object Technology
The Inversion of the Natural Order.
Encapsulation and Information Hiding.
Messages.
Classes.
Strong Typing and Early Binding.
Polymorphism.
Inheritance.
OO Methods
The Early Methods.
The OO Development Cycle.
The UML (Unified Modelling Language)
Objects.
Associations.
Aggregations.
Conformance and Class Hierarchy.
Inheritance and Class Hierarchy.
Events and State Transitions.
Object Interaction Diagrams.
Object Technology Adoption
Why Go OO.
The Benefits of OT:
• Large Scale Organisation.
• Malleability.
• Robustness and Reliability.
• Reuse.
The State of OT.
The OO Programming Languages.
Introducing OT.
The future.
Components
Objects versus Components.
The Component Technologies.