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Woo hoo! It begins! This is a record of some real and imagined events that occurred during 427 lecture times. == Lecture 1 == Lecture 1 happened, and it established that ''real'' lectures wouldn't be happening. The persuivants assembled and the sacred initiation rites were performed. Much was made of the unconventional nature of the course, with occasional references to wiki pages including: * [[Start here]] * [[About COSC427]] * [[Teaching and learning style]] * [[Wiki users]] A threatening stack of books was waved threateningly. And lo! We became a learning community of peers, and not teacher & students. All peers should now proceed to [[Account setup]] and do what they're told. Don't forget to add yourself to [[Wiki users]]. This year, the participants in the course get more choice about how it will run. Specific decisions to be made: * [[Keep last years stuff]] * [[How to assess]] * [[Lecture times]] We tried to dream up ways in which OO competence might be assessed. Suggestions included: * ''Here's a simple design; what's wrong with it?'' * ''Design a solution to this problem...'' * ''Compare these two designs.'' * ''Explain the Liskov Substitution Principle, (or some such thing).'' * [[Model the room]] In the dying minutes we tried the last of the above exercises. == Lecture 2 == The session began with a sombre moonwalking rehearsal, in memory of Michael Jackson. Few people seem to realise that before becoming the King of Pop, Michael was a famous software engineer. In next week's classes, we will progress to more advanced techniques including single glove wearing and crotch grabbing. Then, following the advice of Dr Who, "First things first, but not necessarily in that order", we began with the ending and attempted last year's exam. See [[Exam questions]]. == Lecture 3 (20/07/09) == First, Wal tried to show us [[Ward's Wiki]] which didn't work. Also, a presentation about [[Antipatterns]] was terminated -- or at least shortened -- by Windows shutting down (called ''updating'' in MS lingo). More exercises on faulty OO designs. This time: The [[Frogs design]]. == Lecture 4 (23/07/09) == Talked about [[OO gurus]] especially [[Alan Kay]].

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