MIS 3501 – Application Development
Fall 2010 (Section 001)
Instructor
Paul Weinberg
Office: Speakman Hall 209J
+1-215-204-9563
http://community.mis.temple.edu/pweinberg/
Class Location
weinberg@temple.edu
Office Hours:
Posted on the MIS
Community Site (Staff
Category)
TR 9:30-10:50 Alter 603
Course Objectives
This course teaches the development of object-oriented, business-oriented applications.
The language used in this course will be C#, although the basic concepts covered in this
course could be applied to object-oriented development in general. C# is a “true” objectoriented language, making it an appropriate choice for learning object-oriented concepts.
The course uses Visual Studio, an integrated application development environment from
Microsoft. The emphasis of the course is to provide the skills necessary to develop a
complete database application. In-class examples include a product maintenance
example which is initially presented as a simple Graphical User Interface (GUI)
application. The example is enhanced during the course using object technologies and
eventually accessing and updating a relational database. In this course, students will
learn:
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Basics of applications development using C# and Microsoft Visual Studio (VS) to
develop GUI applications
The software object and how it can be used to solve business problems
The use of class libraries and reusable components
The construction and deployment of custom reusable components
Related Courses
The prerequisite for this course is MIS 2501. The fundamentals of programming (such as
using Visual Studio, basic GUI programming, data types, debugging, and flow control)
will be reviewed in this class. However, the assumption is that students are already
familiar with these topics.
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Textbooks and Supplies
The book for the course is Murach, Joel, Murach’s C# 2008, Mike Murach & Associates,
Inc., 2008, ISBN 978-1-890774-46-2. This was the book used in recently in MIS 2501.
Additional
Materials
Software
Additional materials are available at the Murach website
http://www.murach.com
 Microsoft C# 2008
 Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
 Please do not use Visual Studio 2010. Assignments submitted using
Visual Studio 2010 will not be graded.
 Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Windows Vista
o This software is installed in the Speakman and Alter Labs.
You can obtain a free software CD for your personal use in
connection with course assignments. For instructions, go to
http://community.mis.temple.edu/technology/softwarelicenses/
o A file compression program which can create and retrieve
“zip” files.
 You can obtain a free copy of 7-zip, an free open source file
compression program from http://www.7-zip.org/
 Alice, a programming system for developing virtual worlds. (Not
required but helpful.) You can obtain a free copy at
http://www.alice.org
Other
Media or a USB device to save your homeworks and in-class exercises.
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Evaluation
Item
Percentage
Midterm 1
26%
Midterm 2
26%
Final Exam
33%
Projects (5)
15%
Final grades are not rounded in calculating term
letter grades.
Scale
94 – 100
90 – 93
87 – 89
83 – 86
80 – 82
77 – 79
A
AB+
B
BC+
73 – 76
70 – 72
67 – 69
63 – 66
60 – 62
Below 60
C
CD+
D
DF
MIS Community Site, Announcements, and Blackboard
Class materials (notes, presentations, projects, in-class exercises and examples) are
located on the MIS Community Site. The URL for the course is
http://community.mis.temple.edu/mis3501sec001f10/. This site also contains staff
contact information. You are responsible for checking the site daily for updates and
announcements. The Community Site is structured like a blog-based social networking
site. A word of caution: Be careful posting project code on the MIS Community Site!
For more information, read the section of the syllabus titled “Plagiarism and Academic
Dishonesty.”
Course announcements will appear on the Community Site as blog posts. You should
check the announcements area several times a week. Select the announcements
category to view the announcements. To avoid missing announcements, I recommend
that you subscribe to the announcements using a Really Simply Syndication (RSS) feed.
Click the RSS icon
next to the announcements category in the Community Site course
blog to subscribe. The announcements can be automatically sent to your MyYahoo or
Google homepages, a folder in Microsoft Outlook, a mobile device, and other RSS
readers. (The choice is especially easy to make if you are using the Firefox browser.)
There is also a Blackboard web site for this course, accessible at
http://tuportal.temple.edu. The Blackboard site will only be used for homework
submission. All materials and your gradebook are located on the MIS Community Site.
Attendance Policy
I expect full attendance by every member of the class. I expect you to arrive on time to
class and not leave before the class is over. Attendance may be checked randomly
throughout the semester. There are obvious benefits of regularly attending class. In
addition, I may reduce the grades of borderline cases with poor attendance records.
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Exams
There will be three exams during the semester, two midterms and a final. The dates in
the midterm are listed in the course schedule below. The final exam is cumulative but
will emphasize material covered after the second midterm. Missed exams cannot be
made up, regardless of the reason for absence.
Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty
Plagiarism and academic dishonesty can take many forms. The most obvious is copying
from another student’s exam, but the following are also forms of this:
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Copying material directly, word-for-word, from a source (including the Internet)
Using material from a source without a proper citation
Turning in an assignment from a previous semester as if it were your own
Having someone else complete your homework or project and submitting it as if it
were your own
Using material from another student’s assignment in your own assignment
Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses. Penalties for such actions are given at my
discretion, and can range from a failing grade for the individual assignment, to a failing
grade for the entire course, to expulsion from the program.
In an application development course like this one it is sometimes difficult to figure out
where the line is between helping a fellow student and academic dishonesty. I want you
to be able to discuss the projects and assignments with each other, but you should do your
own work. There are some simple rules to follow:
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Never share an entire solution (application) with another student.
Do not share with another student, or accept from another student, large blocks of
code (more than 3 or 4 lines per project or assignment).
Do not do part (or all) of another project assignment for another student.
What you can do:
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Help another student fix a compilation or logic error in their code.
Explain to another student what I’m asking for in an assignment.
Help another student think through a problem.
If you have a concern about what constitutes acceptable behavior, come ask me before
you do it!
For more information, refer to the Temple University student code of conduct, available
at http://www.temple.edu/assistance/udc/coc.htm.
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Student and Faculty Academic Rights and Responsibilities
The University has adopted a policy on Student and Faculty Academic Rights and
Responsibilities (Policy # 03.70.02) which can be accessed through the following link:
http://policies.temple.edu/getdoc.asp?policy_no=03.70.02.
General Policies
Students who are performing poorly will not be given additional work to improve their
grades. It is not fair to the rest of the students.
Submission of Projects
Projects are to be submitted electronically. The files you create should be compressed in
one “zip” file. Projects will not be accepted in other archive formats (e.g. rar or 7z).
Use the Blackboard Assignment Feature to send your project zip file. Be sure you
print and retain the receipt page. This page can be used to demonstrate on time
submission of your project. The Temple email system cannot be used to submit
projects because it rejects files containing programs. Other email systems may also
reject zip files containing programs.
When you send assignments, be sure you only include letters and numbers in the title
of the zip file. Do not include other characters (e.g. #, $, %, etc). The file will not be
sent if you include these characters.
A project is considered late if it is turned in after the start of class the day it is due. No
late projects will be accepted without penalty. Projects will be assessed a 10% penalty
each day they are late. No credit will be given for projects turned in more than a week
late, but you still need to turn them in. If you decide to skip a project there will be a
penalty of half a letter grade (5%) off of your final grade (in addition to the 3% the
project was worth). Late projects will not be accepted after last regular class session.
During the semester, storage units will fail and printers will be out of service. You
should always make a backup of your files (if it’s really important, make two backups).
Equipment, network, other technology failures, or Septa service issues are not
acceptable reasons for turning in a project late.
Projects will not be accepted after the last class meeting. Once a project has been graded,
additional project materials will not be accepted.
Be sure you understand the submission requirements for each project. You are
responsible for submitting the correct projects and the correct files. No credit will be
given for:
 Projects submitted which are missing files or include the wrong files.
 Programs which do not compile and run.
 Parts of programs which do not run.
These projects will be subject to the late project policy (above).
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Schedule (Keep in mind that all dates are tentative)
The primary source of material for this course is the textbook. Before each class
meeting, you should review the chapters in the text. I may also provide additional
material, either available on the Internet or passed out in class.
Please print the lab exercises before class and bring them to class with you. You may
find it helpful to bring the book and notes posted on community.mis.temple.edu and
Blackboard.
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Notes
Other
Week
8/31
9/7
9/14
PART 1: GUI Development using an IDE; C# Concepts
Week 1
Exercise: Review of Basic GUI Programming (from 2501)
Chapters 1,2,3,4,5
 Course Introduction: Relationship of
this course to others in the program
 Review:
o Building, Testing and Running
applications using VS .net
o Creating a GUI
o Properties, methods, and events
o Responding to events
o Running projects and
debugging
o Variable and method keywords
o Declarations and data types
o Data conversion
o Loops
Week 2
Exercise: Progressive tax calculation using an if statement
Chapter 6
 Loops, methods
 Event Handlers
Week 3
Exercise: Using a method in an application with a loop
Chapters 7,8
 One dimensional arrays
 Handling Exceptions and Validating
Data
Week 4
9/21
Exercise: Arrays
 Arrays and Collections
 Debugging Applications
 Dates and Strings
Chapter 8, 9
PROJECT 1
DUE 9/21
Writing and
using a
method
Week 5
9/28
Exercise: ArrayLists
 Arrays and Collections
 ArrayLists
EXAM 1 on Tuesday 9/28
(Chapters 1-9
And one dimensional arrays)
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PART 2: Object Oriented Applications
Week 6
Exercise: Introduction to objects
Object Class Creation and Use
Chapter 12
 Class Definition
 Attributes
 Methods
 Constructors
 Working with classes in Visual Studio
Week 7
Exercise: Introduction to objects
Object Class Creation and Use (continued)
Chapter 12
 Class Definition
 Attributes
 Methods
 Constructors
Week 8
Exercise: Review
Object Class Creation and Use (continued)
Chapter 12
 Static methods and attributes
 Deep and Shallow Copies
 Review and catchup
Week 9
Exercise: Array of Objects
Chapter 12
 Objects within Objects
 Objects as Method Parameters
 Arrays of Objects
 ArrayLists of Objects
Week 10
Exercise: Objects within Objects
 Developing multi-form applications
 Review and Catchup
EXAM 2 (Chapters 1-14) on Thurs 11/4
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DUE 10/7
Arrays and
loops in C#
PROJECT 3
DUE 10/26
Creation and
use of an
object class
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PART 3: Inheritance
Week 11
Exercise: Simplified Inheritance
Inheritance
Chapter 14
Class notes
 Basic Skills
 Object Types and Casting
Week 12
Exercise: Review
Inheritance
Chapter 14
 Overriding parent classes
 Public and Private
 Constructors and Inheritance
Week 13
Exercise: Interfaces
Chapter 14,15
 Collections of objects created from an
Class notes
inheritance structure
 Interfaces
Week 14
Exercise: Inheritance Review
Additional topics
Chapter 24
 Inheriting from GUI Objects
 Adding menus to a form
 Toolbars
 Help
FINAL EXAM DURING EXAM WEEK
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PROJECT 4
DUE 11/18
Inheritance
PROJECT 5
DUE 12/2
Array of GUI
Objects
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