Blending object-oriented design principles and software engineering practices into an undergraduate architecture simulator project

Authors:
Cindy Norris;James B. Fenwick, Jr;James Wilkes;Kenneth H. Jacker
Affiliations:
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC;Appalachian State University, Boone, NC;Appalachian State University, Boone, NC;Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Venue:
Proceedings of the 43rd annual Southeast regional conference - Volume 1
Year:
2005

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Abstract

It is well understood pedagogically that students learn better through active involvement. Thus the use of architecture simulators can enhance student learning in a computer organization, assembly programming, or architecture course. A deeper understanding can be attained by having students actually construct an architecture simulator. This paper describes the object-oriented design of a junior-level architecture course project that centers around the construction of a PDP-11 simulator. In addition, since this is a substantial system to build, the project blends in a number of software development practices designed to expose students in a practical and subtle way to valuable software engineering principles.