Computer Science 3990 $\bullet$ GUI and Event Driven Programming

Course Outline $\bullet$ Fall 2002

Instructor:	Dr M. Mouhoub		Office: C308.13
Method of Evaluation:	Project(report+code+presentation)	70%
	Final Exam	30%

Required prerequisites: CS2620.

Reading Material

•  Human-Computer Interaction (2nd edition, Prentice Hall). Alan Dix, Janet Finlay, Gregory Abowd, Russell Beale. (http://www.hcibook.com/hcibook/hci2e.html).
• Java, Object Oriented Problem Solving. Ralph Morelli.
• Java,  How To Program. Deitel and Deitel.

Course Objectives

•           Develop skills in event driven, non-sequential programming.
•           Provide an opportunity to design and implement a medium scale software project.
•           Gain familiarity with programming in a graphical user environment.
•           Provide experience in object-oriented software development through use of GUI development tools.

Topics

1. GUI programming and Interface Design
2. Event Driven Programming : discussion of programming models, structuring programs, Java specifics
3. Human Machine Interaction :   foundations of the interaction between the human and the machine, principles and guidelines governing the current practice of user modeling, task analysis, design and evaluation of user interfaces
4. Programming in Java
1. Introduction to Java Applets and Applications.
2. Basic Graphical User Interface Components.
3. Advanced Graphical User Interfaces.
4. Exception Handling
5. Multithreading
6. Files and Streams