Software Engineering (COMP 4081, Spring 2021)

• Instructor: Dr Scott Fleming
• Syllabus
• eCourseware
• Skills Assignment and Project Instructions

Schedule

Tue 1/19

• Lecture: Welcome to the Course (slides)
• Assigned: Skills Assignment 1

Thu 1/21

• Lecture: Discord on-boarding and discussion of skill assignments

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Tue 1/26 (video)

• Lecture:
  • HTML and HTTP
  • Rails MVC
• Due:
  • Active Reading 1 by start of class
  • Explanation Video 1 by end of day
• Assigned: Skills Assignment 2

Thu 1/28 (video)

• Lecture Activity: Practice Test 2
• Due:
  • Active Reading 2 by start of class
  • Practice Test 2 by end of day

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Tue 2/2 (video)

• Lecture: Databases and the MVC Model
• Due: Explanation Video 2 by end of day
• Assigned: Skills Assignment 3

Thu 2/4 (video)

• Lecture Activity: Practice Test 3
• Lecture: How an index page request is processed
• Due:
  • Active Reading 3 by start of class
  • Practice Test 3 by end of day

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Tue 2/9 (video)

• Lecture Demo: Model Validations and Tests (see video)
• Due: Explanation Video 3 by end of day
• Assigned: Skills Assignment 4

Thu 2/11 (video)

• Lecture Activity: Practice Test 4
• Due:
  • Active Reading 4 by start of class
  • Practice Test 4 by end of day Sun 2/14

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Tue 2/16 (video)

• Lecture: How New/Create Forms and Destroy Actions Work in Rails
• Due: Explanation Video 4 by end of day
• Assigned: Skills Assignment 5

Thu 2/18 (video)

• Lecture Activity: Practice Test 5
• Due:
  • Active Reading 5 by start of class
  • Practice Test 5 by end of day

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Tue 2/23 (video)

• Lecture: Walkthrough of Rails Architectural Interfaces and Naming Conventions (see video)
• Due: Explanation Video 5 by end of day
• Assigned: Skills Assignment 6

Thu 2/25 (video)

• Lecture: MVC Model Associations
• Lecture Activity: Practice Test 6
• Due:
  • Active Reading 6 by start of class
  • Practice Test 6 by end of day Sun 2/28

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Tue 3/2 (video)

• Lecture: Walkthrough of Authentication and Authorization with Devise (see video)
• Due: Explanation Video 6 by end of day
• Assigned: Skills Assignment 7

Thu 3/4 (video)

• Lecture Activity: Practice Test 7
• Assigned:
  • Project Proposals
  • Teammate Requests
• Due:
  • Active Reading 7 by start of class
  • Practice Test 7 by end of day Sun 3/7

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Tue 3/9

• Wellness Break (No Class)

Thu 3/11 (video)

• Lecture: Version Control with Git
• Due:
  • Explanation Video 7 by end of day
  • Project Proposals by end of day
  • Teammate Requests by end of day

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Tue 3/16 M0 (video)

• Lecture: Software Requirements
• Lecture Activity: Team–Customer Meeting for Requirements Gathering
• Assigned: Milestone M0
• Homework:
  • Create Draft 1 of User Stories and Definitions
  • Complete Demos-n-Deets Opinion Survey (1 A&B Point!)

Thu 3/18 M0 (video)

• Lecture: Database Design
• Lecture Activity: Team Meeting for Database Design
• Due:
  • Draft 1 of User Stories and Definitions in the draft-1-stories-n-definitions folder in your team’s shared OneDrive folder
  • Demos-n-Deets Opinion Survey by Fri 3/19 (1 A&B Point!)
• Homework: Create Draft 1 of Database Design

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Tue 3/23 M0 (video)

• Lecture: Software Engineering Process and Planning
• Due: Draft 1 of Database Design in the draft-1-database-design folder in your team’s shared OneDrive folder
• Homework: Address Feedback on User Stories and Work on M0 Submission

Thu 3/25 M0 (video)

• Lecture: Working with Remote Git Repos (see video)
• Homework: Address Feedback on Database Design and Work on M0 Submission

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Tue 3/30 M0 (video)

• Lecture: Git and GitHub-Based Project Workflow (see video)
• Homework: Work on M0 Submission

Thu 4/1 M0 (video)

• Lecture: Git and GitHub-Based Project Workflow (see video)
• Assigned: Milestone M1
• Due: Milestone M0 Submission
• Homework: Create M1 Plan Issues

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Tue 4/6 M1 (video)

• Lecture Activity: Project Studio
• Due: M1 Plan Issues—in GitHub
• Homework:
  • Complete M1 Tasks
  • Complete M0 Teammate Reviews (see email/Discord instructions)

Thu 4/8 M1

• Wellness Break (No Class)
• Due: M0 Teammate Reviews (see email/Discord instructions)
• Homework: Complete M1 Tasks

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Tue 4/13 M1 (video)

• Lecture:
  • Statement Coverage
  • SimpleCov Demo (see video)
• Homework: Complete M1 Tasks

Thu 4/15 M1 (video1, video2)

• Lecture: White-Box Testing
• Homework: Complete M1 Tasks

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Tue 4/20 M1 (video)

• Lecture: White-Box Testing (cont’d)
• Assigned:
  • Milestone M2
  • Summative Skills Demonstration
• Due: Milestone M1 Submission
• Homework:
  • Create M2 Plan Issues
  • Complete Summative Skills Demonstration

Thu 4/22 M2 (video)

• Lecture: Software Design and Design Patterns
• Due: M2 Plan Issues—in GitHub
• Homework:
  • Complete M2 Tasks
  • Complete M1 Teammate Reviews (see email/Discord instructions)
  • Complete Summative Skills Demonstration

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Tue 4/27 M2 (video)

• Lecture: Security Attacks and Countermeasures
• Due: M1 Teammate Reviews (see email/Discord instructions)
• Homework:
  • Complete M2 Tasks
  • Complete Summative Skills Demonstration

Thu 4/29 M2

• Study Days (No Class)
• Homework:
  • Complete M2 Tasks
  • Complete Summative Skills Demonstration

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Tue 5/4 M2

• Exams Week Special Meeting Time: 1:00–3:00 (Attendance Optional)
• Lecture Activity: Project Studio
• Due: Summative Skills Demonstration
• Homework:
  • Complete M2 Tasks
  • Complete M2 Teammate Reviews (see email/Discord instructions)

Thu 5/6 M2

• Exams Week (No Class)
• Due:
  • Milestone M2 Submission
  • M2 Teammate Reviews (see email/Discord instructions)
  • SETEs in my.memphis.edu by midnight, Thu!