Topics for Today

• Reminder of guest lecture by Diane Mohr of Harris, Monday
• Perspective on project
• Explain need to include a few key methods in D3 class diagram
• Introduction to design patterns, including MVC & Grasp
  • GRASP patterns
  • GRASP table
  • See also references on MVC below

Model-View-Controller Pattern

A conventional design pattern for systems with graphical user interfaces

• Wikipedia article
• Microsoft Developer Network
• IBM Developerworks
• MVC with PHP
• Game example (nice example, good diagrams)
• Chinese blog on MVC
• MVC with Rails (nice Dilbert analogies)
• Flash example (nice class diagram)

Things for You to Do

• Read Chapter 8 of DWT text
• Work on team project, focused on D3 and D4
• Take quiz Q6 by Friday
• Turn in D3 Monday