Lecture 4

The first part of the lecture was spent handing out and discussing the coursework. This is a portfolio giving a choice of 5 short pieces of work of which students submit 4 pieces.

The second part of the lecture looked at the Visitor, Factory Method and Abstract Factory patterns.

Lecture 3

For the first part of this week's lecture the students split into 2 groups. One group considered the questions relating to Christopher Alexander and Patterns and the other group looked at Patterns and Software.

For the second part of the lecture we looked at 3 patterns: Facade, Strategy and Adapter.

The coursework is now with the moderator and on track for handing out at the next lecture. Assuming the moderator is happy there will be a choice of doing 4 out of 5 tasks - a mixture of coding, design, pattern writing and essays with the opportunity to create a blog if anyone wants to.