Advanced Programming

• This course assumes that the students have the knowledge related to the Object Oriented Programming course.

• The curricular unit has theoretical and practical classes
• In the theoretical classes, an expository methodology is used for the presentation of theoretical concepts of the subject with examples of application
• In practical classes, students apply the knowledge acquired in theoretical classes and/or practical classes and exercise their skills by developing applications and a project in groups of three. The teachers supervise the development, clarifying doubts and providing guidance on the options taken.

• Acquire programming skills in Java language, consolidating the fundamental knowledge of object-oriented programming previously obtained.
• Acquire knowledge about Software Design Patterns in the development of applications.
• Acquire the ability to develop appIications for console and also for graphical environments, based on events.
• Develop abilities in data structures organization, their suitable use in medium-sized applications, structuring them in an extensible and rational way, separating the data from its visual representation and user interaction.

• Main features of the Java language
• Transition from C/C++ to Java
• Primitive types
• Arrays of primitive types
• Operators
• Execution control instructions
• Classes
• Objects and references
• The Garbage Collector
• Constructors
• The keyword this
• Constructors that call constructors
• Static members
• Overloaded methods
• The finalize() method
• Arrays of objects
• Inner and nested classes
• Packages
• Components organization
• Access modifiers
• Composition and inheritance
• Composition
• Inheritance
• Choose between composition and derivation
• The super keyword
• The final keyword
• Polymorphism
• Upcasting
• Object class
• Abstract classes
• Interfaces
• Collections
• Interfaces derived from Collection
• Some concrete implementations
• Exceptions
• Files
• Graphic interface
• Introduction to JavaFX
• Applications with graphical interface
• Event-based programming
• Components, events and listeners
• Software design patterns
• MVC, MVP and MVVM
• State machine
• Singleton
• Object Factory
• Command
• Memento
• Facade
• Other design patterns

• Introduction to software testing
• Unit Testing
• Dependecy Injection in testing

Written Test 1:

  - Focus: Java
  - Date: To be determined, preferably between the 7th and 9th week of classes
  - Weight: 6 points

Written Test 2:

  - Focus: Patterns (in Java) and JavaFX
  - Date: End of the semester, preferably in the last week of classes
  - Weight: 6 points

Practical Work:

  - Groups of up to 3 students from the same class
      - Exception: Working students or Erasmus students may form groups with others of the same status, regardless of class
      - Group formation must be communicated by the fourth week of classes
  - Carried out in stages and partially during class time
  - The grades for each stage will take into account the quality of the work, student participation in the tasks, and class attendance
  - The final presentation of the assignment, the report, and the corresponding defense will take place in the last week of classes
  - Weight: 6 points
 

Theoretical Classes:

  - Mini-activities
      - Grade: up to 0.2 points per activity, up to a maximum of 2 points
      - Mini-activities may only be completed by students who are present in class or who hold working-student, Erasmus, or equivalent status

 Note: Working-student status or similar will be verified through information available in Nónio.

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