Foundations of Software Engineering (COMP/EECE 7012, Spring 2021)

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

Schedule

Wed 1/20

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

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Mon 1/25 (video)

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

Wed 1/27 (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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Mon 2/1 (video)

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

Wed 2/3 (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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Mon 2/8 (video)

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

Wed 2/10 (video)

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

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Mon 2/15 (video)

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

Wed 2/17 (video)

• Lecture Activity: Practice Test 5
• Due:
  • Active Reading 5 by start of class
  • Practice Test 5 by end of day Fri 2/19

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Mon 2/22 (video)

• Lecture: MVC Model Associations
• Due: Explanation Video 5 by end of day
• Assigned: Skills Assignment 6

Wed 2/24 (video)

• Lecture Activity: Practice Test 6
• Due:
  • Active Reading 6 by start of class
  • Practice Test 6 by end of day Fri 2/26

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Mon 3/1 (video)

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

Wed 3/3 (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 Fri 3/5

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Mon 3/8

• Wellness Break (No Class)

Wed 3/10 (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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Mon 3/15 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!)

Wed 3/17 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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Mon 3/22 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

Wed 3/24 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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Mon 3/29 M0 (video)

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

Wed 3/31 M0 (video)

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

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Mon 4/5 M1 (video)

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

Wed 4/7 M1

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

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Mon 4/12 M1 (video)

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

Wed 4/14 M1 (video)

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

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Mon 4/19 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

Wed 4/21 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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Mon 4/26 M2 (video)

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

Wed 4/28 M2

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

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Mon 5/3 M2

• Exams Week (No Class)
• Due: Summative Skills Demonstration
• Homework:
  • Complete M2 Tasks
  • Complete M2 Teammate Reviews (see email/Discord instructions)

Wed 5/5 M2

• Exams Week Special Meeting Time: 10:00–12:00 (Attendance Optional)
• Lecture Activity: Project Studio
• Due:
  • Milestone M2 Submission
  • M2 Teammate Reviews (see email/Discord instructions)
  • SETEs in my.memphis.edu by midnight, Thu!