Learning Objectives

By the end of this class, you should be able to:

• Explain a Smalltalk program of some size (e.g., 1000 lines of code) to someone else.
• Be able to analyze a real world situation, design a model in a language-independent fashion with multiple interconnecting classes, and implement the model in Smalltalk.
• Understand and use the vocabulary of modeling, object-oriented design and analysis.
• Be able to explain and build a simple tokenizer and parser.
• Design using a graphical representation of a model.
• Design a user interface for a model and be able to explain (a) how the model and interface connect and (b) why the interface was designed as it was.
• Use an object-oriented analysis and design notation which is language independent.
• Be able to read and write C++ class structure definitions.
• Describe the strengths and weaknesses of Smalltalk, C++, and Java.
• Understand and use the basic vocabulary of simulations, e.g., discrete vs. continuous, resources, event queues, etc.
• Be able to critique at a high-level a UI design process.