Course Scope:

Design and implement software components that use the Win32 API, Component Object Model (COM), and the .Net object model. Students will develop projects requiring them to build and use components and controls. At least one of these will be a distributed application. We will also do a small amount of windows programming.

Component technologies are a very important part of the software development process. COM is a major part of the Windows family of operating systems, and the .Net Common Run-Time is implemented as a COM component. Many of our former students are currently working on COM-based implementations in the industry. However, I expect the .Net component technology to eventually supercede COM. Therefore this course will emphasize both and discuss interoperability between these two implementation paradigms.

Required Texts and Notes:

1. The COM and COM+ Programming Primer (CACP), Alan Gordon, Prentice Hall, 2000 ISBN 0-13-085032-2
2. Class Notes, available on www.ecs.syr.edu/faculty/fawcett/handouts/cse775
3. References available at desk in SciTech Library:
   • Windows Internals (WI), Fourth Edition, Russinovich and Solomon, Microsoft Press, 2005
   • Programming Windows (PW), Fifth Edition, Charles Petzold, Microsoft Press, 1999, ISBN 1-57231-995-X
   • Programming Microsoft .Net (PMDN), Jeff Prosise, Microsoft Press, 2002 ISBN 0-7356-1376-1
   • Programming .Net Components (PDC), Juval Lowy, O'Reilly, 2003, ISBN 0-596-00347-1
   • COM and .Net Component Services (CDNCS), Juval Lowy, O'Reilly, 2001, ISBN 0-596-00102-7

Prerequisites

CSE687 - Object Oriented design is a co-requisite. That is, you may take CSE687 while taking this course.

Syllabus - Spring 2007:

Lecture	Topics	Read Before Class	Project
Mon, Jan 15	Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no classes
Lecture #1 Wed, Jan 17	Syllabus, Projects, Exams, Why Components? Win32 programming, COM and .Net object models		Pr1
Lecture #2 Mon, Jan 22	Win32 Programming, Windows Messages and Controls	skim PW 1, 2, read PW 3, 4	Pr1
Lecture #3 Wed, Jan 24	files, directories, and their management, DLLs, programming the Registry	MSDN Links, class notes	Pr1
Lecture #4 Mon, Jan 29	in-process COM components, interfaces, dynamic linking, GUIDs, registry	skim CACP chp 1-3, read CACP 4, class notes	Pr1
Lecture #5 Wed, Jan 31	Class Factory, Service Control Manager, Activation, IDL	class notes	Pr1
Lecture #6 Mon, Feb 5	IDL, COM Clients	class notes, CACP chap 4	Pr1
Lecture #7 Wed, Feb 7	COM Types: BSTRs, Variants, SafeArrays	class notes, CACP chap 7	Pr1
Lecture #8 Mon, Feb 12	Win32 Threads and Thread Synchronization	class notes	Pr1
Lecture #9 Wed, Feb 14	Win32 Sockets	class notes	Pr1
Lecture #10 Mon, Feb 19	out-of-process components, activation	read CACP chp 5, 6, class notes	Pr1 due
Lecture #11 Wed, Feb 21	apartments and threading models, STAs and MTAs	class notes	Pr2
Lecture #12 Mon, Feb 26	Active Template Library (ATL) - structure, facilities, examples	read CACP chp 5	Pr2
Lecture #13 Wed, Feb 28	ATL, CComBSTR, CComQIPtr, more examples	read CACP chp 5	Pr2
Lecture #14 Mon, Mar 5	Midterm Review	class notes	Pr2
Lecture #15 Wed, Mar 7	Midterm Examination		Pr2
Mon, Mar 12	Spring Break		Pr2
Wed, Mar 14	Spring Break		Pr2
Lecture #16 Mon, Mar 19	Events, Connection Points, and Dispatch interfaces	read CACP chp 8, 9	Pr2 due
Lecture #17 Wed, Mar 21	return and discuss Midterm Examinations		Pr3
Lecture #18 Mon, Mar 26	DCOM remoting and monikers	read CACP chp 12	Pr3
Lecture #19 Wed, Mar 28	COM+	read CACP chp 11, 12	Pr3
Lecture #20 Mon, Apr 2	Managed C++, interoperation between COM, C++, and C#	class notes	Pr3
Lecture #21 Wed, Apr 4	.Net control model	class notes, PMDN 7, 8	Pr3
Lecture #22 Mon, Apr 9	controls, user controls, components, controls hosts	class notes	Pr3 due
Lecture #23 Wed, Apr 11	remote activation models, pass-by-value, pass-by-reference	read PMDN 15	Pr4
Lecture #24 Mon, Apr 16	remoting examples	class notes	Pr4
Lecture #25 Wed, Apr 18	Web Services	PMDN 11	Pr4
Lecture #26 Wed, Apr 23	virtual directories, creating web services, WSDL, message-passing example	class notes	Pr4
Lecture #27 Wed, Apr 25	AppDomains and AppDomain Managers	class notes	Pr4
Lecture #28 Wed, Apr 30	Where do we go from here?		Pr4 due