PSU CS 300 - Elements of Software Engineering

Weekly outline

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  General

  • News forum
  • Syllabus Page
  • sequ Specification Page
  • The Tao of Programming URL
  • CAT Redmine Guide URL
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  Week 1: Fundamentals

  10/1: Prerequisites and Setup
  10/3: Work Product Management; Git
  Readings: Textbook chs. 1-3

  • Lecture 1.2 notes File
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  Week 2: Starting Construction

  10/8: Project setup; languages and programming paradigms; scheduling
  10/10: Design; pseudocode
  Reading: Textbook chs. 4-5

  • HW 1: Coreutils "seq" Assignment
  • Lecture 2.1 notes. Page
  • Lecture 2.2 notes Page
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  Week 3: Implementation

  10/15: Coding best practices
  10/17: Instrumentation; error handling; maintainability
  Reading: Textbook chs. 7-9

  • HW 2: Simple "sequ" Assignment
  • Lecture 3.1 notes Page
  • Lecture 3.2 notes Page
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  Week 4 - Testing and Debugging

  10/22: Debugging
  10/24: Testing
  Reading: Textbook chs. 20, 22-23

  • HW 3: sequ L1 Assignment
  • Lecture 4.1 notes Page
  • Lecture 4.2 notes Page
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  Week 5: Data

  10/29: Data structuring and typing
  10/31: Data organization and visibility
  Reading: Textbook chs. 10-13

  • Lecture 5.1 notes Page
  • Lecture 5.2 notes Page
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  Week 6: Control Flow

  11/5: Structured Programming done right
  11/7: Programming by strengthening of invariants
  Reading: Textbook chs. 14-19

  • Lecture 6.1 notes Page
  • Lecture 6.2 notes Page
  • HW 4: sequ L2 Assignment
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  Week 7: Software Quality

  11/12: Code quality
  11/14: Inspection, testing, formal methods
  Reading: Textbook chs. 31, 32, 21.3

  • Lecture 7.1 notes Page
  • Lecture 7.2 notes Page
  • Inspection Checklist File
  • Issue Report File
  • sequ Specification Inspection Version File
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  Week 8: Various Topics

  11/19: Performance, concurrency, big data
  11/21: Project and build management
  Reading: Textbook chs 25, 28

  • Lecture 8.1 notes Page
  • Lecture 8.2 notes Page
  • HW 5: sequ L3 and L4 Assignment
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  Week 9: Software Engineering

  11/26: Overview of "mainstream" academic SE
  11/28: US Thanksgiving Holiday—no class meeting
  Reading: TBA

  • Lecture 9.1 notes Page
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  Week 10: Last Words

  12/3: Software craftsmanship
  12/5: Life skills
  Reading: Textbook ch. 34

  • Lecture 10.1 notes Page
  • Lecture 10.2 notes Page