Informatics 111 / CSE 121:
Software Tools and Methods

Textbooks, Readings, Videos, and Notes

Required Textbooks and Articles:
1. van Vliet, Hans. Software Engineering: Principles and Practice. 3rd edition. John Wiley & Sons, 2008.

1. Chapter 4, Configuration Management
2. Chapter 15, Software Tools

Notes from Class:
Use Cases - Monday, Jan. 23, 2012
Rational Systems Developer Demo - Friday, Jan. 27, 2012
The Rules and Practices of Extreme Programming, plus the 28 pages linked to on that page, under the headings Planning, Designing, Coding, and Testing.
Refactoring for everyone.
Refactoring slides - Friday, Feb. 3, 2012
Refactoring slides - Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012
Interesting: You are solving the wrong problem
Start-up tools - Friday, Feb. 17, 2012
Doc URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-nMpVOTu2dnvZQLQXY1V2rLzhDzJIEaqfkfhMLPfdLQ/edit
Cost Estimation - Friday, Feb. 24, 2012

Design Patterns - Friday, March 2, 2012

Command Design Pattern - Monday, March 5, 2012

Visitor Design Pattern - Monday, March 5, 2012

Git home page - Friday, March 9

Assignments and Grading

Grading - revised method.
Labs and Assignments 50% — each assignment will be weighted equally
Quizzes 25% — the three quizzes will be weighted equally
(no Final Examination)

Grading - original method (email Prof. Frost before March 9 if you want to be graded according to this system).
Labs and Assignments 50%
Midterm and Quizzes 25% (As announced, there will be no midterm)
Final Examination 25%

Non-lab Assignments.

1. Due Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, at 11:59pm
   
   • Microsoft - Using Filters (Windows XP; seems valid for Windows 7 and Mac)
   • Useful Windows Command Prompt Tools
   • Simple.java You are welcome to use this as a starting point
   Your assignment is to write a program (in any programming language) that reads lines of text from stdin, writes lines of text to stdout, and can be used as a filter type program on the command line. Write a report (probably 2 to 4 pages long) that explains the motivation behind your program, describes any options, and shows your program in action. Include, as an Appendix (in the same file as the main report) a listing of the source code.

   Upload your report (a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file) to the EEE Dropbox "Inf 111 - 1".

2. Will be covered on a quiz in week 3
   Read up on UML:
   • UML basics: The class diagram
   • A nice short summary of UML class diagrams
   • Good examples of UML class diagrams

Laboratories.
There will be six to eight graded laboratories, with the assignments comprising 50% of the course grade. You can drop / not complete one lab without penalty. To receive credit for completing your laboratory, you must attend the section in which you are enrolled. Many labs have a homework component to be completed after the lab session.

Lab 1 (Homework 2), Jan. 23

• Class_DVDStore.emx
  

Lab 2 (Homework 3), Feb. 6       refactoring-exercises.zip       Fowler-Refactoring-ch3.pdf

Lab 3 (Homework 4), March 5       WeatherOrNot.java

Lab 4 March 12

Quizzes.
There will be three or four quizzes, each of which will count the same towards the overall average.
Quiz 1, Wednesday, Jan. 27. Covers UML diagrams, command line tools
Quiz 2, Monday, Feb. 13. Covers refactoring, Extreme Programming, No Silver Bullet
Quiz 3, Wednesday, March 14
Quiz 4, cancelled

Final Exam.
Most students will not take the final exam. For those who do, it is scheduled for Friday, March 16, at 1:00pm. The final exam will be cumulative and closed book.
Previously: The final exam is scheduled for Wednesday, March 21, 1:30 - 3:30 pm. Bring your UCI student ID card. (Access students, bring a government-issued photo ID.) The final exam will be cumulative and closed book.

Tools

All tools are installed in the computer labs in the ICS building.

• Eclipse. Extensible freeware IDE.
  
• CVS. Concurrent Versions System.
  
• Apache Ant. Freeware build tool.
  
• JUnit. Freeware Java test framework.
  

Policies

Adding and Dropping. Students who add the class after Jan. 9 will be expected to turn in all work on time.

Cheating. The UCI academic honesty policy applies. Consequences of cheating in this class: A letter in your UCI file and your course grade will be F. Material that is copied from books or web pages needs to be quoted and the source must be given.

Disabilities. If you need an accommodation because of a disability, please contact the instructor and the Disability Services Center as soon as possible.