Spring 2025 (01/25/2025 - 05/22/2025)

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Topics: concept of software engineering

Course Objectives

to be able to identify, formulate, and solve software engineering problem (including specification, design, implementation, and testing)

Lecture Notes

Course Overview Introduction to Software Engineering

Reading

Chapters 1, 2, and 3

Topics: Overview of software process models; movitations for software process models; water fall, incremental, spiral, RUP process models; agile model;

Lecture Notes

Overview of Software Process Models

Assignment

In-Class/Homework Exercise 1 (on Software Processes and Process Models) (Due: 3:30pm, Tuesday, Feburary 4, 2025)

Reading

Sections 4.1 - 4.4 and Chapter 5

Notice: Conversion day, classes follow Monday schedule

Topics: introduction to mobile application development

Lecture Notes

Brief Introduction to Android
Developing Basic Android Apps with Activities
Developing Basic Android Apps with Intents
Example Apps

Assignment

TBA

Reading

Topics: introduction to mobile application development

Lecture Notes

Brief Introduction to Android
Developing Basic Android Apps with Activities
Developing Basic Android Apps with Intents
Example Apps

Assignment

TBA

Reading

Notice: Conversion day, classes follow Wednesday schedule

Topics: introduction to mobile application development

Lecture Notes

Brief Introduction to Android
Developing Basic Android Apps with Activities
Developing Basic Android Apps with Intents
Example Apps

Assignment

TBA

Reading

Topics: quality assurance; quality control; verification; validation testing; unit-test;

Lecture Notes

Quality Control and Testing

Assignment

TBA

Group Programming Project

TBA

Reading

Topics: quality assurance; quality control; verification; validation testing; unit-test;

Lecture Notes

Quality Control and Testing
Equivalent Class Partitioning: An Example
Test-Driven Developmemnt

Assignment

TBA

Reading

Topics: Q & A for Midterm Exam.

Lecture Notes

Midterm Review
Sample Midterm Exams

Reading

all chapters and sections discussed

Topics: The instructor will hold a midterm exam in class (or online depending on course modality)

Topics: Android UI testing; acceptance tests for user stories; Espresso; unit test; JUnit; Test-driven development (TDD); TDD workflow; refactoring

Lecture Notes

JUnit
Android UI Testing
Testcases Demo

Assignment

TBA

Reading

Topics: Android UI testing; acceptance tests for user stories; Espresso; unit test; JUnit; Test-driven development (TDD); TDD workflow; refactoring

Lecture Notes

JUnit
Android UI Testing
Testcases Demo

Assignment

TBA

Reading

Topics: architecture design and methodologies;

Lecture Notes

Overview of Architecture Design

Assignment

TBA

Group Programming Project

TBA

Reading

Sections 7.1 and 7.2

Topics: Detailed Design; Object-Oriented Design; UML

Lecture Notes

Overview of Detailed Design
Objected-Oriented Design and UML

Assignment

In-Class Exericse 12 (on Objected-Oriented Design and UML) (Due: 11:59pm, Thursday, April 4, 2023)

Reading

Sections 7.3 and 7.4 and Appendix C (of the textook)
Chapter 1 in "Introduction to Software Design with Java" by Robillard

Topics: Observer Design Pattern and Inversion of Control

Lecture Notes

The Observer Design Pattern

Assignment

TBA

Reading

Chapters 8, 9

Notice: Spring Recess - No classes scheduled

Notice: Spring Recess - No classes scheduled

Topics: Polymorphism; interface and polymorphism; Interface Separation Principle

Lecture Notes

Polymorphism and Interface Separation Principle

Assignment

TBA

Group Programming Project

TBA

Reading

Topics: Polymorphism; interface and polymorphism; Interface Separation Principle

Lecture Notes

Polymorphism and Interface Separation Principle

Assignment

TBA

Group Programming Project

TBA

Reading

Topics: Strategy, Iterator, and Singleton Design Patterns

Lecture Notes

The Strategy, Iterator, and Singleton Design Patterns

Assignment

TBA

Reading

Chapters 8, 9

Topics: Strategy, Iterator, and Singleton Design Patterns

Lecture Notes

The Strategy, Iterator, and Singleton Design Patterns

Assignment

TBA

Reading

Chapters 8, 9

Topics: implementation (beautiful code; DRY; Clarity via Conciseness; Idioms;

Lecture Notes

Some Ideas on Software Implementation

Assignment

TBA

Group Programming Project

TBA

Reading

Chapters 9 and 10

Topics: SOFA; SOLID; software metrics;

Lecture Notes

SOLID Design
Characterizing Design with Software Metrics

Assignment

TBA

Reading

Chapters 8, 9

Topics: review for final exam

Lecture Notes

Final Review
Sample Final Exam

Reading

All reading assignments

Topics: project demo/presentation; code reviews; static analysis

Lecture Notes

Code Reviews

Reading

Chapters 9 and 10

Topics: According to the College's schedule, the final exam is at Room 4141 Ingersoll Hall 3:30 - 5:30PM Thursday, May 18, 2023.