Foundations of Software Engineering (COMP 7012, Fall 2022)

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

Schedule

Tue 8/23 (video)

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

Thu 8/25 (video)

Lecture
- Discord How-To (see video)
- More on Skills Assignment SA1
- HTML (slides)
Homework
- SA1 Active Reading
- SA1 Explanation Video

Tue 8/30 (video)

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

Thu 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

Tue 9/6 (video)

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

Thu 9/8 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA3 Active Reading by start of class
- SA3 Practice Test by end of day
Lecture
- Updated Explanation Video Instructions with Task Plans and Reflections (see video)
- SA3 Practice Test
Homework
- SA3 Explanation Video

Tue 9/13 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA3 Explanation Video by end of day
Lecture
- How an Index Page Request Is Processed (slides)
- Skills Assignment SA4 Introduced
- RESTful Resources (slides)
Homework
- SA4 Active Reading

Thu 9/15 (video)

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

Tue 9/20 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA4 Explanation Video by end of day
Lecture
- How New/Create Forms and Destroy Actions Work in Rails (slides)
- Skills Assignment SA5 Introduced
- MVC Model Associations (slides)
Homework
- SA5 Active Reading

Thu 9/22 (video)

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

Tue 9/27 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA5 Explanation Video by end of day
Lecture
- Skills Assignment SA6 Introduced
- Activity: Securing an App with User Logins (see video)
Homework
- SA6 Active Reading

Thu 9/29

No Class
⚠ Due ⚠
- SA6 Active Reading by end of day
Homework
- SA6 Explanation Video

Tue 10/4 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA6 Explanation Video by end of day
Lecture
- Teammate Requests Introduced (Optional)
- Activity: Working with Many-to-Many Associations (see video)
Homework
- Organize Teammate Requests (Optional)

Thu 10/6 (video)

Lecture
- Version Control with Git (slides)
Homework
- Organize Teammate Requests (Optional)

Tue 10/11

Fall Break (No Class)
⚠ Due ⚠
- Teammate Requests by end of day

Thu 10/13 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- Project Concept Proposal by end of day
Lecture
- Meet Your Team and Define Your Project Concept
Homework
- Work with Prof to Get Project Concept Approved

Tue 10/18 M0 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- Approved Project Concept by end of day
Lecture
- Software Project Introduced
- Software Requirements (slides)
- Milestone M0 Introduced
- User Stories, Definitions, and Wireframes Introduced
- Creating Wireframes with Balsamiq (see video)
Homework
- Create Draft 1 of User Stories, Definitions, and Wireframes

Thu 10/20 M0

Lecture
- Project Studio
Homework
- Create Draft 1 of User Stories, Definitions, and Wireframes

Tue 10/25 M0

⚠ Due ⚠
- Draft 1 of User Stories, Definitions, and Wireframes (in GDrive) by end of day
Lecture
- Database Design Introduced
- How to Create Class Diagrams with Visual Paradigm Online (see video)
- Project Studio
Homework
- Create Draft 1 of Database Design
- Continue to Refine User Stories, Definitions, and Wireframes

Thu 10/27 M0 (video)

Lecture
- Database Design (slides)
- Project Studio
Homework
- Create Draft 1 of Database Design
- Continue to Refine User Stories, Definitions, and Wireframes

Tue 11/1 M0 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- Draft 1 of Database Design (in GDrive) by end of day
Lecture
- Version Control with Git, Part 2 (see video)
- Project Studio
Homework
- Continue to Refine User Stories, Definitions, Wireframes, and Database Design

Thu 11/3 M0 (video)

Lecture
- Project Workflow Introduced (see video)
- Project Workflow Activity
- Git/GitHub Workflow Demo with Merge Conflicts (see video)
Homework
- Complete M0 Submission
- Begin M1 Task Plans

Tue 11/8 M1 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- M0 Submission by end of day
Lecture
- Milestone M1 Introduced
- Project Studio: Creating M1 Task Plans
Homework
- Complete M1 Task Plans
- Assign M1 Project Coordinator and QA Czars

Thu 11/10 M1 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- M1 Task Plans (in GDrive) by end of day
- M1 Project Coordinator and QA Czars Assignments (in GDrive) by end of day
Lecture
- Software Engineering Process (slides)
Homework
- Complete M1 Tasks
- Complete M0 Teammate Reviews (see instructions in Discord #announcements channel)

Tue 11/15 M1 (video)

Lecture
- Testing in Rails, including Model Tests, Controller Tests, and Coping with Devise in Testing (see video, demo code)
Homework
- Complete M1 Tasks
- Complete M0 Teammate Reviews (see instructions in Discord #announcements channel)

Thu 11/17 M1 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- M0 Teammate Reviews by end of day (see instructions in Discord #announcements channel)
Lecture
- Software Testing (slides)
- Statement and Branch Coverage with SimpleCov (see video, demo code)
Homework
- Complete M1 Submission
- Create M2 Task Plans

Tue 11/22 M2 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- M1 Submission by end of day
- M2 Task Plans by end of day
Lecture
- Milestone M2 Introduced
- Software Design and Design Patterns (slides)
Homework
- Complete M2 Tasks

Thu 11/24 M2

Thanksgiving Holidays (No Class)

Tue 11/29 M2 (video)

Lecture
- M2 Live In-Class Demo Session Introduced
- Security Attacks and Countermeasures (slides)
Homework
- Complete M1 Teammate Reviews (see instructions in Discord #announcements channel)
- Complete M2 Tasks

Thu 12/1 M2

Study Day (No Class)
⚠ Due ⚠
- M1 Teammate Reviews by Sun 12/4 end of day (see instructions in Discord #announcements channel)

Tue 12/6 M2

⚠ In-Class Project Demo Session ⚠
- Exams Week—Special Meeting Time: 1:00–3:00
- Attendance required!
Homework
- Complete M2 Tasks
- Complete M2 Teammate Reviews (see instructions in Discord #announcements channel)

Thu 12/8 M2

Exams Week (No Class)
⚠ Due ⚠
- Milestone M2 Submission by end of day
- M2 Teammate Reviews by end of day (see instructions in Discord #announcements channel)
- SETEs in my.memphis.edu by midnight, Thu!