Building Skills in Object-Oriented Design

Building Skills in Object-Oriented Design

Step-by-Step Construction of A Complete Application

Steven F. Lott

Copyright © 2008 Steven F. Lott

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6/16/2008

Table of Contents

Why Read This Book?
Audience
Organization of This Book
Why This Subject?
Programming Style
Conventions Used in This Book
Acknowledgements

1. Foundations

Problem Statement

The Use Case

Solution Approach

Methodology, Technique and Process

On Quality
On Rework
On Decision-Making
On Reuse
On Design Patterns

Deliverables

I. Roulette

2. Roulette Details

Roulette Game
Available Bets
Some Betting Strategies

3. Roulette Solution Overview

Preliminary Survey of Classes
A Walkthrough of Roulette
Questions and Answers

4. Outcome Class

Overview
Design
Deliverables

5. Bin Class

Overview
Questions and Answers
Java Design
Python Design
Deliverables

6. Wheel Class

Overview
Design
Deliverables

7. Bin Builder Class

Overview
Algorithms
Design
Deliverables

8. Bet Class

Overview
Questions and Answers
Design
Deliverables

9. Roulette Table Class

Overview
Design
Deliverables

10. Roulette Game Class

Overview
Design
Questions and Answers
Deliverables

11. Review of Testability

Overview
Questions and Answers
Design
Deliverables

12. Player Class

Overview
Design
Deliverables

13. Overall Simulation Control

Overview
Design
Deliverables

14. Player SevenReds

Overview
Design
Deliverables

15. Statistical Measures

Overview
Some Foundations
Statistical Algorithms
Design
Deliverables

16. Player Random

Overview
Design
Deliverables

17. Player 1-3-2-6

Overview
Questions and Answers
Design
Deliverables
Advanced Exercise

18. Player Cancellation

Overview
Design
Deliverables

19. Player Fibonacci

Overview
Design
Deliverables

20. Conclusion

21. Craps Details

Craps Game
Available Bets
Some Betting Strategies

22. Craps Solution Overview

Preliminary Survey of Classes
A Walkthrough of Craps
Questions and Answers

23. Outcome Class

Overview
Design
Deliverables

24. Throw Class

Overview
Design
Deliverables

25. Dice Class

Overview
Design
Deliverables

26. Throw Builder Class

Overview
Questions and Answers
Design Light
Design Heavy
Deliverables

27. Bet Class

Overview
Design
Deliverables

28. CrapsTable Class

Overview
Design
Deliverables

29. CrapsGame Class

Overview
Design
Deliverables

30. CrapsPlayer Class

Overview
Design
Deliverables

31. Design Cleanup and Refactoring

Overview
Design
Deliverables

32. Simple Craps Players

Overview
Design
Deliverables

33. Roll-Counting Player

Overview
Design
Deliverables

34. Conclusion

III. Blackjack

35. Blackjack Details

Blackjack Game
Available Bets and Choices
Betting Strategies

36. Blackjack Solution Overview

Preliminary Survey of Classes
A Walkthrough
Questions and Answers

37. Card, Deck and Shoe Classes

Overview
Questions and Answers
Design
Deliverables

38. Hand and Outcome Classes

Overview
Design
Deliverables

39. Blackjack Table Class

Overview
Design
Deliverables

40. BlackjackGame Class

Overview
Design
Deliverables

41. Simple Blackjack Player Class

Overview
Design
Deliverables

42. Variant Game Rules

Overview
Design
Deliverables

43. Conclusion

A. Python unittest Testing

B. Python doctest Testing

Develop the Class
Exercise the Class
Update the Docstrings
Add the Test Framework
Mixed unittest and doctest

C. Java JUnit Testing

D. Python Epydoc Documentation

Basic Epytext Markup
Epytext Field Markup
Epydoc Example

E. Java javadoc Documentation

Basic Javadoc Markup
Javadoc Tags
Javadoc Example

Bibliography

List of Tables

17.1. 1-3-2-6 Betting States
21.1. Craps Game States
40.1. Blackjack Overall Collaboration
40.2. Blackjack Insurance Collaboration
40.3. Blackjack Fill-Hand Collaboration
41.1. Blackjack Player Strategy

List of Examples

1. Typical Python Example
1.1. Sample Java Execution
1.2. Informal Python Unit Test
1.3. Informal Java Unit Test
4.1. Object Identity
4.2. Java Simple toString Implementation
4.3. Java StringBuffer toString Implementation
4.4. Java MessageFormat toString Implementation
5.1. Java Bin Construction
5.2. Python Bin Construction
5.3. Python Appending Outcomes to A Tuple
5.4. Python String Conversion of a Tuple of Outcomes
6.1. Java Subclass Declaration
6.2. Python Subclass Declaration
7.1. Python Localization
13.1. Java Explicit Iteration Through a List of Integers
13.2. Java Compressed Iteration Through a List of Integers
14.1. Java Main Program
15.1. Java Sigma Iteration
15.2. Python Sigma Iteration
15.3. Java Sample Values by Iterator
15.4. Python Sample Values by Iterator
17.1. Java instanceof
17.2. Python player Module
17.3. Python Singleton With Class Variables
21.1. Python Frequency Distribution
21.2. Java Frequency Distribution
23.1. Java Default Method Arguments via Overloading
23.2. Python Default Method Arguments
23.3. Python Default Mutable Method Arguments
33.1. Java Creation of A Player
37.1. Python Constant Declaration
A.1. testCard.py
A.2. card.py
B.1. card.py - Initial
B.2. card.py - Revised
B.3. testCards.py
C.1. TestCard.java
C.2. Card.java
D.1. card.py
E.1. Card.py

List of Equations

15.1. Basic Summation
15.2. Summation with Half-Open Interval
15.3. Summing Elements of an Array, x
15.4. Mean
15.5. Standard Deviation


		Preface