Midterm Prep

• On reviewing my notes, I see the following are ripe for interrogation
  • OO Design
    • UML Diagrams
      • Syntax and creation
      • Interpretation.
      • use
      • Representing different types of items.
      • Aggregation, shared aggregation and inheritance.
    • Background
      • What are each of the following and why are they important.
        • Abstraction
        • Encapsulation
        • Modularity
        • Hierarchy
      • Responsibilities
      • Contract
      • Crisp boundaries
  • The Standard Library
    • What is it and why is it important?
    • What are the sub components of this library?
    • Describe and use the vector class.
    • Describe and use iterators.
    • Describe and use algorithms.
  • Dynamic Memory
    • What do new, new[], delete and delete[] do?
    • Discuss array memory allocation.
    • Discuss two dimensional arrays and indexing.
    • Discuss common memory pitfalls.
  • Testing
    • White box, black box testing.
    • Unit testing
    • Designing tests and test granularity.
    • How to create tests.
    • Unit testing process
    • Test frameworks.
  • The boost library and boost organization
  • Anything else we have discussed
    • Ranged based for loop for example.
• This is an overview, not a complete list.
• The test will be open book, open notes, open internet
• I may require you to write code or use packages