Programming Principles: Polymorphism

In this session we build on inheritance and look at overriding methods and dynamic binding. Together these give us Polymorphism - the third pillar of Object Oriented Programming - and a very powerful feature that allows us to build methods that deal with superclasses, but whose calls get redirected when we pass in sub-classes.

Programming Principles: Abstract Classes and Interfaces

In this session we look at how to use Abstract Classes and Interfaces in Object Oriented Design - especially as a way to get all the advantages of multiple inheritance without any of the problems.

Programming Principles: Designing Applications

In this session we look at the how to use noun verb parsing to try and identify the building blocks of a problem, so that we can start to create object oriented solutions. We also look at some of the challenges of software engineering, and the processes that software engineers use to meet them, and finally we take a look at some more Design Patterns that may help us reuse well known and effective solutions in our own designs.

Programming Principles: Statics

Slides for COMP1004 Lecture on Statics

Programming Principles: Exceptions

Slides for COMP1004 Lectures on Exceptions

Programming Principles: The Strategy Pattern

Slides for COMP1004 Lecture on the Strategy Pattern

Análisis de los factores políticos y económicos en las dinámicas del desplazamiento forzado en La Macarena-Meta (2006-2010)

El desplazamiento forzado ha sido una situación que se ha venido evidenciado en la zona de La Macarena debido no solo al conflicto armado, sino a factores políticos y económicos, entendiéndose el primero como la falta de presencia estatal que ha conllevado a que grupos armados al margen de la ley se asienten en la zona y a su vez ha permitido que la económica ilegal cobre fuerza, esta última analizada en la investigación como un factor económico generador del desplazamiento. A raíz de esta situación en el año 2008 se implementa el Plan de Consolidación Integral de La Macarena (PCIM), con el fin de solventar los problemas de esta parte del país, sin embargo para esta monografía el factor político, el factor económico y la implementación del PCIM influyeron en el aumento del desplazamiento forzado en la Macarena-Meta. Periodo 2006-2010.

Programming Principles: Conclusions

This is the revision session for our Programming Principles course. We take a whistle-stop tour of the topics covered in the course, look at the three pillars of object oriented programming, and look ahead to the exam.

COMP1004 Programming Principles

These are the resources used for the Computer Science course Programming Principles, designed to teach students the fundamentals of computer programming and object orientation via learning the Java language. We also touch on some software engineering basics, such as patterns, software design and testing. The course assumes no previous knowledge of programming, but there is a fairly steep learning curve, and students are encouraged to practice, practice, practice!

Introduction to JavaScript Programming

These are the resources for an introductory lecture in JavaScript programming, intended to support use of node.js and divorced from browser programming.

Event Driven Programming in Java

Event driven programming is a way of writing a program that works by responding to things happening (rather than executing a preplanned series of tasks). It is most often used to manage more advanced user interactions, such as GUI programs. In this session we look at how event driven programming works in Java GUIs, as both an introduction to events (using MouseListeners), and also to the way that GUI programs are constructed.