Software Engineering (COMP 4081, Fall 2021)

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

Schedule

Mon 8/23 (video1, video2)

Lecture
- Welcome to the Course (slides)
- Skills Assignment SA1 Assigned
Homework
- SA1 Active Reading

Wed 8/25 (video)

Lecture
- Discord Onboarding and Discussion of Skills Assignments
Homework
- SA1 Active Reading
- SA1 Explanation Video

Mon 8/30 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA1 Active Reading by start of class
- SA1 Explanation Video by end of day
Lecture
- HTML and HTTP (slides)
- Rails MVC (slides)
- Skills Assignment SA2 Assigned
Homework
- SA2 Active Reading

Wed 9/1 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA2 Active Reading by start of class
- SA2 Practice Test by end of day
Lecture
- SA2 Practice Test
Homework
- SA2 Explanation Video

Mon 9/6

Labor Day (No Class)

Wed 9/8 (video1, video2)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA2 Explanation Video by end of day
Lecture
- Databases and the MVC Model (slides)
- Skills Assignment SA3 Assigned
Homework
- SA3 Active Reading

Mon 9/13 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA3 Active Reading by start of class
Lecture
- Index Pages Demo (see video)
- How an Index Page Request Is Processed (slides)
- Show Pages Demo (see video)
Homework
- SA3 Explanation Video

Wed 9/15 (video1, video2)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA3 Practice Test by end of day
Lecture
- SA3 Practice Test
Homework
- SA3 Explanation Video

Mon 9/20 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA3 Explanation Video by end of day
Lecture
- RESTful Resources (slides)
- How New/Create Forms and Destroy Actions Work in Rails (slides)
- Skills Assignment SA4 Assigned
Homework
- SA4 Active Reading

Wed 9/22 (video1, video2)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA4 Active Reading by start of class
- SA4 Practice Test by end of day
Lecture
- SA4 Practice Test
Homework
- SA4 Explanation Video

Mon 9/27 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA4 Explanation Video by end of day
Lecture
- MVC Model Associations (slides)
- Skills Assignment SA5 Assigned
Homework
- SA5 Active Reading

Wed 9/29 (video1, video2, video3)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA5 Active Reading by start of class
- SA5 Practice Test by end of day
Lecture
- SA5 Practice Test
Homework
- SA5 Explanation Video

Mon 10/4 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA5 Explanation Video by end of day
Lecture
- Authentication and Authorization with Devise Demo (see video)
- Skills Assignment SA6 Assigned
Homework
- SA6 Active Reading

Wed 10/6 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA6 Active Reading by end of day
Lecture
- Version Control with Git (slides)
- Skills Test ST1 Assigned
- Teammate Requests Assigned
Homework
- SA6 Explanation Video
- Prep for Skills Test ST1

Mon 10/11

Fall Break (No Class)

Wed 10/13

⚠ Skills Test ST1 ⚠ during Lecture
- Attendance required!
⚠ Due ⚠
- SA6 Explanation Video by end of day
- Teammate Requests by end of day

Mon 10/18 M0 (video)

Lecture
- Software Project Assigned
- Meet Your Team and Bid on Project Concepts
- Software Requirements (slides)
- User Stories and Definitions Assigned
- Project Studio: Requirements Gathering
Homework
- Create Draft 1 of User Stories and Definitions

Wed 10/20 M0 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- Draft 1 of User Stories and Definitions (in GDrive) by end of day
Lecture
- Creating Wireframes with Balsamiq (see video)
- Wireframes Assigned
- Project Studio: Requirements Gathering and User-Interface Design
Homework
- Create Draft 1 of Wireframes

Mon 10/25 M0 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- Draft 1 of Wireframes (in GDrive) by end of day
Lecture
- Git/GitHub-Based Workflow for Contributing Code to the Team Project (see video)
Homework
- Address Feedback on User Stories and Definitions

Wed 10/27 M0 (video)

Lecture
- Database Design (slides)
- Database Design Assigned
- Project Studio: Database Design
Homework
- Create Draft 1 of Database Design
- Address Feedback on Wireframes

Mon 11/1 M0 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- Draft 1 of Database Design (in GDrive) by end of day
Lecture
- Software Engineering Process (slides)
- Milestone M0 Assigned
- Project Studio
Homework
- Work on M0 Submission

Wed 11/3 M0 (video)

Lecture
- Task Planning and Reporting Workflow (see video)
- Project Studio
Homework
- Address Feedback on Database Design
- Complete M0 Submission
- Begin M1 Task Plans

Mon 11/8 M1 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- M0 Submission by start of class
Lecture
- Milestone M1 Assigned
- Project Studio: Creating M1 Task Plans
Homework
- Complete M1 Task Plans
- Assign M1 Project Coordinator and QA Czars

Wed 11/10 M1 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- M1 Task Plans (in GDrive) by start of class
- M1 Project Coordinator and QA Czars Assignments (in GDrive) by start of class
- M0 Teammate Reviews by Sun 11/14 (see email/Discord instructions)
Lecture
- Project Studio
Homework
- Complete M1 Tasks
- Complete M0 Teammate Reviews (see email/Discord instructions)

Mon 11/15 M1 (video)

Lecture
- Software Testing (see video)
Homework
- Complete M1 Tasks

Wed 11/17 M1 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- M1 Submission by Sun 11/21
Lecture
- Controller/Functional Testing (see video)
Homework
- Complete M1 Submission
- Create M2 Task Plans

Mon 11/22 M2 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- M2 Task Plans by end of day
Lecture
- White-Box Testing and Statement Coverage (see video)
- Milestone M2 Assigned
Homework
- Complete M2 Tasks

Wed 11/24 M2

Thanksgiving Holidays (No Class)

Mon 11/29 M2 (video)

Lecture
- Software Design and Design Patterns (slides)
Homework
- Complete M2 Tasks
- Complete M1 Teammate Reviews (see email/Discord instructions)

Wed 12/1 M2 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- M1 Teammate Reviews (see email/Discord instructions) by Thu 12/2
Lecture
- Security Attacks and Countermeasures (slides)
Homework
- Complete M2 Tasks

Mon 12/6 M2

Exams Week (No Class)
Homework
- Complete M2 Tasks
- Complete M2 Teammate Reviews (see email/Discord instructions)

Wed 12/8 M2

Exams Week—Special Meeting Time: 1:00–3:00
Project Studio
- Attendance optional
⚠ Due ⚠
- Milestone M2 Submission
- M2 Teammate Reviews (see email/Discord instructions)
- SETEs in my.memphis.edu by midnight, Thu!