Knowledge

The student...

understands the meaning of key concepts within object-oriented programming such as class, object and method
understands the life cycle of an object
knows what inheritance and polymorphism is
knows about similarities / differences between abstract classes and interfaces
knows what exception handling entails
has knowledge of key concepts related to code design such as coupling, cohesion and encapsulation
knows how to communicate with a database using an object-oriented language
can explain the term "SQL injection" and how to avoid this

Skills

The student...

masters a simple integrated development tool (IDE) to write and edit source code as well as compile and run simple object-oriented applications
can define specializations of classes through inheritance
masters the use of abstract classes and interfaces
can apply inheritance and interfaces through code with polymorphic structure
can use data sources, such as files and databases, in program code
can test that code works as intended

General competence

The student...

Subject description 2451

Object-Oriented Programming