Objectives : Marine Biology Case Study

• be able to understand what the case study program is actually doing
• be understand concept of interacting classes
• be able to modify existing methods in MBCS
• add features by creating new methods for different classes within MBCS
• be able to analyze effectiveness of different data structure to hold fish
• analyze tradeoffs in bounded ocean vs. unbounded ocean
• be able to analyze which class should be modified to add a new feature to MBCS
• Read source code written by someone else.
• Work with a program of significant length.
• Become familiar with good coding, design, and documentation practice.
• Learn about testing in a non-trivial context.
• Think through design and implementation tradeoffs.
• Experience an approximation of the master/apprentice relationship.

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