CSC 309 Final Exam Overview

• The exam time is Monday 1:10 - 4PM.

• The exam will be cumulative over all material covered during the quarter.

• It will be open note and open computer.

• It will be paper-based.

• It will cover some but not all of the topics listed below.

• There is an example final posted that is typical of the paper component of previous 309 exams.

• Some or all of the following topics will be covered:
  • General design concepts and terminology, as discussed in Notes 6-7, Calendar Tool examples, and related online readings.

  • Design diagramming with package diagrams, class diagrams, and function diagrams, as outlined in design diagram handout and illustrated in the notes.

  • Use of design patterns:
    • Information-Processing Tool
    • MVP
    • Observer/Observable
    • the role of Java library classes and interfaces in design patterns
    • terminology and concepts from the GoF's "classic" design patterns

  • Details of model/view design and implementation, including some coding details:
    • model/view design
    • use of exception handling
    • use of library packages for model data representation
    • use of Java library packages for view implementation (the notes for are Java Swing, which are adapted as necessary for your project's toolkit)

  • Testing, as covered in Notes 5 and 5, and the examples:
    • formal specification of methods using pre- and postconditions
    • unit testing plans and implementation
    • class testing plans
    • integration testing
    • testing terminology
    • testing coverage
    • general concepts of program verification, as discussed in notes 10

  • Concepts of version control using SVN or comparable , as covered in the svn basics handout details of which are adapted as necessary for your project's version control system