COM3240 - Component-Based Programming

Spring Quarter, Mar 28 - Jun 11, 2001
Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 P.M.

Instructor

Required Textbook and Software

Course Structure. About one-third of the time would be spent on advanced OO concepts; another third would be devoted to Java and Sun's component model in detail; and the last third on selected papers related to component technology.
The programming assignments will give students hands-on experience programming components in Java and Java Beans, and using component development environments. Students will learn how to:

• build a program from existing components
• write components that can be used by others
• extend a component development environment to support new features of components

Prerequisites

Basic understanding of OO concepts.
COM3230 Object-Oriented Design (or by permission of instructor)

Handouts

• Syllabus
• Problem sets (requires password)
• Hints

Software

• Northeastern's BeanContext Development Kit (BcDK 0.9beta)
• CD-ROM COM3240, Spring 2001 Edition will be distributed in class.
  • Will be similar to the CD-ROM COM3240, Winter 2000 Edition (internal access only)

FAQ

• Question: Professor, I heard that if you play the Course CD-ROM backwards, you'll get a satanic message.
• Answer: What's more frightening is that if you play it forward, it installs the problem sets.

Messages

To find the NAND.JAR file follow the following links:

http://www.ccs.neu.edu/course/com3240/
        => Past & Future Quarters: COM 3240 SP/01 Home Page 
                => Handouts: Problem sets (requires password) 
                        => NAND.jar
                                Then, right mouse click to save the file.

To run the beanbox on Unix use:

        /proj/lorenz/local/java/bdk1.1/beanbox

To run the beanbox directly (e.g., windows):

        java sun.beanbox.BeanBoxFrame

D. H. Lorenz

Last Modified: $Date: 2001/04/03 18:02:18 $