National Technology University
1 day course, April 11, 1996

Adaptive Object-Oriented Software Development: 
The Demeter Method

The course package includes selected chapters
of the authors textbook on Adaptive Software
and selected architectural and design patterns 
related to Adaptive Software.

2. Course description

This course introduces a new approach to software 
development which creates inherently more flexible 
software using patterns.  Loose
coupling between software artifacts and separation of
concerns is a theme used throughout
the course.  Specifically, you will learn about 
loose coupling between structure and behavior which 
leads to adaptiveness.


3. Benefits

After completing this course, you will be able to:

- Develop more flexible and simpler object-oriented designs.

- Describe your software in terms of executable patterns.

- Write structure-shy programs which adapt 
  automatically to many different class structures.

- Properly apply the Law of Demeter.

- Apply a pattern language to develop your applications.


4. Prerequisites

Experience in an object-oriented language like 
C++, Smalltalk, Java etc.

5. Intended audience

The tutorial is aimed at software professionals
wanting to write more concise and more reusable
object-oriented designs and programs.

6. Breakdown

11.00 - 12.00 Session 1: Introduction
  Thinking Adaptively
  Polya's Inventor's Paradox
  Experiences with adaptive programming

12.30 - 1.25 Session 2: Adaptive programming
  Adaptive programming by example
  Class dictionary graphs and objects

1.35 - 2.30 Session 3: Patterns
  Propagation directives
  Propagation patterns and the Law of Demeter
  Transportation patterns

3.00 - 3.55 Session 4: Pattern customizers
  Class dictionaries
  Style rules for class dictionaries

4.05 - 5.00 Session 4: Case study and conclusions
  Case study
  Design patterns for adaptive object-oriented software
  Conclusions


For more information and registration, 
call NTU at (970) 495 6422
or send email to gail@mail.ntu.edu.