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About the Course

This course extends object-oriented analysis and design by incorporating design patterns to create interactive applications. Through a survey of established design patterns, you will gain a foundation for more complex software applications. Finally, you will identify problematic software designs by referencing a catalog of code smells. You will be challenged in the Capstone Project to redesign an existing Java-based Android application to implement a combination of design patterns. You will also critique a given Java codebase for code smells. After completing this course, you will be able to: • Demonstrate how to use design patterns to address user interface design issues. • Identify the most suitable design pattern to address a given application design problem. • Apply design principles (e.g., open-closed, dependency inversion, least knowledge). • Critique code by identifying and refactoring anti-patterns. • Apply the model-view-controller architectural pattern....

Top reviews

ZP

Sep 17, 2019

I have never had a chance to study CS at the university so I am always looking for ways to improve my knowledge - to keep up with fellow programmers. And this course met my requirements perfectly. :)

RJ

Mar 17, 2022

The course and the instructor was so good. The curriculum was well designed and of appropriate length. I really enjoyed and learnt skills that I would be able to apply while developing real software

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By Morten D

Jun 21, 2021

The videos and the tasks were very good, but I dislike the dependency on other students to progress on the course.

By ruhuang

Dec 11, 2021

The course is good, but the review is a little slow. Maybe he number of people studying this course is small?

By Robert O

Oct 2, 2021

It was a very educative and engaging MOOC. Thank you University of Alberta for such a great opportunity

By nahid h

Jul 3, 2023

Great course for understand design patterns but I think it is better to have better assessment exam.

By Vishwas K

Sep 30, 2018

Well explained & organized. Good coding assignments to better understand & retain the learnt topics.

By Hassan A

Jun 26, 2022

I so glat to attend this cource and, it was more interesting than I expected

By Nipun W

Feb 9, 2023

This course helped me to understand Java design Patterns easily and clearly.

By Apurv A S

Aug 27, 2020

The course is excellent. It covers a lot of design patterns that we may use.

By Nagabushan P

May 15, 2019

Very Interactive and like the way tutors relate to the real world examples!

By Wilson T M

Nov 12, 2018

It's a good course but you do not have the support of a coach (instructor).

By Davis A

Aug 5, 2018

Powerful though I think more updated example could give a richer expierence

By mugnaio

Oct 16, 2017

very good course, is a must if you are serious about Object Oriented Design

By Vinay K S K

Dec 19, 2019

Good Learning but too much to cover and easy to loose track of the topic.

By Sakshee S

Apr 17, 2020

very good teaching skills. i understand most of the things very fast.

By Hany S

Jan 10, 2019

Really useful course, it let me understand the patterns deeply

By Ignas P

Nov 2, 2020

Content was good, but some "starter code bases" were missing.

By Stephan V

Sep 9, 2021

Excellent content. I wanted to see more coding assignments.

By Rateb K

Jan 16, 2021

Very Insightful! Not a fan of the peer-graded assignments

By Максим Р

Apr 21, 2020

Nice course, but slightly faster than I wanted it to be

By DHRUV S

Dec 21, 2019

There should be more explanation of code examples

By Gayathri S

Jul 28, 2020

Capstone challenge can be even more challenging

By Pawan K

Apr 10, 2021

it was good to learn it from here.

By Raffaella D

Jan 29, 2024

Very interesting and well done!

By John P O

Sep 18, 2020

Very informative course.

By Mohan S V P

Aug 19, 2022

great learning