Part IV: IMplementation/Construction day 1

Window

A generic top-level container of GUI components (isn’t inside another container)

(Uses) - Messages, request input, visually divide an application

No adornments (borders, titles)

Frame

Modeless extension of window (code continues to run/non-blocking)

Dialog

Modal extension of window (code stops and other code runs/blocking)

Window Class Hierarchy

GUI layout

(purpose) - Position components in containers (dynamically or statically)

Relative layout

Components are positioned relative to each other, rather than an absolute position

Template layout

Container divided into sections and place one component in each section

Hierarchical layout

Subdivide the sections in a template layout

Traditional program

Start at first line and proceed step-by-step

Event-driven program

Some objects generate events and other objects respond to them

Version control

Manage documents (code, documentation, etc…) that are created by numerous people and change over time

Manage documents for multiple products/projects and multiple variations of those products/projects

Repository

An “official” collection of documents/files

Git: an “official archive

Working copy

a copy (outside of a repository) of a documents/file (the collection of which may be in a working tree on the file system)

Check-out

Making a working copy, changes to the working copy

Check-in

Adding/returning a file to the repository

Trunk

The original code and revisions (before the first branch/fork)

Head/Tip

The most recent commit to either the trunk or a branch

Branches/Forks

Copies that will change in different ways in the future (e.g., products being developed for different platforms but have the same origin)

Working trees

Git: A directory/folder on a filesystem (with an associated repository)

Index

An intermediate collection of changes (that need to be confirmed) before they can be committed (i.e., moved from the working tree to the local repository)