====== Week 9: Object-Oriented Design and Interfaces ======

===== Objectives =====


===== Readings for Class Discussion =====

  * Pillay (2009).  [[http://dl.acm.org.login.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/citation.cfm?doid=1562741.1562754|A study of object-oriented design errors made by novice programmers]].
  * Schmolitzky (2006). [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1168054.1168084|Teaching Inheritance Concepts with Java]].
  * Review chapters in Horstmann text 


===== Topics =====

  * What problems do students have //understanding// object-oriented concepts?
  * How can students be motivated to learn //design// concepts?

===== Lab ======

  * AP CS: Inheritance; Input/Output and Exception Handling