COMP 4882: Software Capstone Project
Spring 2012   •   Dr. Scott Fleming, Instructor

Course Policies eCourseware

Mon 16 Jan	MLK Day (no class)
Wed 18 Jan	Lecture: Course overview Reading: Larman Ch. 1 Assigned: HW0
Mon 23 Jan	Lecture: Agile planning and requirements pt. 1
Wed 25 Jan	Lecture: Agile planning and requirements pt. 2
Mon 30 Jan	Lecture: Intro to Servlets Reading: HF Servlets Ch. 1
Wed 1 Feb	Due before class: HW0 Lecture: Deeper into Servlets Reading: HF Servlets Ch. 2–3
Mon 6 Feb	HW1 Requirements Workshop Day Assigned: HW1
Wed 8 Feb	Lecture: The Servlet Lifecycle Reading: HF Servlets Ch. 4–5
Mon 13 Feb	Lecture: Collaboration with Subversion (SVN) Reading: Version Control with Subversion (free O'Reilly book online)
Wed 15 Feb	Due before class: HW1 Guest talk: Intro to the Crews Ventures Lab by Dr. Kevin Boggs HW2 Planning Day Assigned: HW2
Mon 20 Feb	Lecture: Concurrent programming in Java Reading: Oracle's tutorial on concurrency in Java
Wed 22 Feb	Lecture: HTTP Sessions Reading: HF Servlets Ch. 6
Mon 27 Feb	Midterm Review Day Attendance optional Dr. Fleming will be out of town
Wed 29 Feb	Midterm exam Here's a study guide Here's the exam and the solutions
Mon 5 Mar	Spring break (no class)
Wed 7 Mar	Spring break (no class)
Mon 12 Mar	Midterm exam debriefing Here's the exam and the solutions Lecture: JavaServer Pages (JSP) Reading: HF Servlets Ch. 7
Wed 14 Mar	Due before class: HW2 Project Review and HW3 Planning Day Assigned: HW3
Mon 19 Mar	Lecture: Domain models Reading: Larman Ch. 9, 31
Wed 21 Mar	Lecture: Logical architecture Reading: Larman Ch. 13
Mon 26 Mar	Lecture: Design class diagrams Reading: Larman Ch. 16
Wed 28 Mar	Due before class: HW3 Project Review and HW4 Planning Day Assigned: HW4
Mon 2 Apr	Lecture: Object-oriented design pt. 1 Reading: Larman Ch. 17
Wed 4 Apr	Lecture: Object-oriented design pt. 2 Here's the polymorphism example program Reading: Larman Ch. 25
Mon 9 Apr	Lecture: Formal specification with Alloy Reading: Alloy Tutorial (see also the Alloy Home Page)
Wed 11 Apr	Due before class: HW4 Project Review and HW5 Planning Day Reading: Defending against Web Application Vulnerabilities Assigned: HW5
Mon 16 Apr	Major Field Test Special location: Dunn Hall 234 (enter through room 232) Special time: Arrive anytime between 4:00 and 5:30, but allow yourself 2.5 hours to finish the test. (I've reserved the room from 4:00–8:00.)
Wed 18 Apr	Project Workshop Day Osprey project meeting Owl project meeting Reading: Quinn (2011) Sections 8.1–8.4 [PDF] (to be covered on the quiz)
Mon 23 Apr	Project Workshop Day Falcon project meeting Reading: Quinn (2011) Sections 9.4–9.5 [PDF] (to be covered on the quiz)
Wed 25 Apr	Due before class: HW5 Project Presentation Day Osprey Owl Falcon
Wed 2 May	Final exam (5:30–7:30pm) Here's a study guide Here's the exam and the solutions