Foundations of Software Engineering (COMP 7012, Spring 2023)

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

Schedule

Mon 1/16

M. L. King, Jr. Holiday (No Class)

Wed 1/18 (video)

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

Mon 1/23 (video)

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

Wed 1/25 (video)

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

Mon 1/30 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA1 Explanation Video by end of day
- SA2 Active Reading by end of Tue
Lecture
- How a Basic Webpage Request Is Processed (slides)
Homework
- SA2 Active Reading

Wed 2/1 (video)

Ice Storm Day (Campus Closed)
- Class will be asynchronous remote
- Watch the video and do the Practice Test
⚠ Due ⚠
- SA2 Practice Test by end of day
Lecture
- SA2 Practice Test
Homework
- SA2 Explanation Video

Mon 2/6 (video)

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

Wed 2/8 (video)

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

Mon 2/13 (video)

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

Wed 2/15 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA4 Practice Test by end of day
Lecture
- SA4 Practice Test
Homework
- SA4 Explanation Video

Mon 2/20 (video)

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

Wed 2/22 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA5 Practice Test by end of day
Lecture
- SA5 Practice Test
Homework
- SA5 Explanation Video

Mon 2/27 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA5 Explanation Video by end of day
- SA6 Active Reading by end of Tue
Lecture
- Skills Assignment SA6 Introduced
- Git and GitHub, an Interactive Introduction I (see video)
Homework
- SA6 Active Reading

Wed 3/1 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- SA6 Explanation Video by end of Fri
Lecture
- Teammate Requests Introduced (Optional)
- Git and GitHub, an Interactive Introduction II (see video)
Homework
- SA6 Explanation Video
- Organize Teammate Requests (Optional)

Mon 3/6

Spring Break (No Class)

Wed 3/8

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

Mon 3/13 M0 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- Project Concept by end of day
  - Fill out this DOCX file and submit to the appropriate Canvas dropbox
Lecture
- Meet Your Team and Define Your Project Concept
Homework
- Work with Prof to Get Project Concept Approved

Wed 3/15 M0 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- Revised Project Concept by end of Thu 3/16 in “Version 2” Canvas dropbox
Lecture
- Project Concept Meetings
Homework
- Make revisions to Project Concept

Mon 3/20 M0 (video)

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

Wed 3/22 M0 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- Draft 1 of User Stories, Definitions, and Wireframes (in GDrive) by end of Sun 3/26
Lecture
- Instructor Meetings and Project Studio
Homework
- Create Draft 1 of User Stories, Definitions, and Wireframes

Mon 3/27 M0 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- Draft 1 of Database Design (in GDrive) by end of Tue 3/28
Lecture
- Database Design Introduced
- How to Create Class Diagrams with GenMyModel (see video)
- Database Design (slides)
Homework
- Create Draft 1 of Database Design
- Continue to Refine User Stories, Definitions, and Wireframes

Wed 3/29 M0 (video)

Lecture
- Instructor Meetings and Project Studio
Homework
- Complete M0 Submission

Mon 4/3 M1 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- M0 Submission by end of day
Lecture
- Milestone M1 Introduced
- Project Workflow Introduced (see video)
- Project Workflow Activity
- Git/GitHub Workflow Demo with Merge Conflicts (see video)
Homework
- Complete the Project Workflow Activity with Your Team
- Assign M1 Project Coordinator and QA Czars

Wed 4/5 M1 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- Project Workflow Activity by start of class
- M1 Task Plans by end of Sun 4/9 in Canvas
- M1 Project Coordinator and QA Czars Assignments (in GDrive) by end of day
Lecture
- Task Plans and Task Outcomes Introduced
Homework
- Complete Your Team’s M1 Task Plans
- Get to Work on Your M1 Tasks
- Complete M0 Teammate Reviews (see instructions in Discord #announcements channel)

Mon 4/10 M1 (video)

Lecture
- Software Engineering Process (slides)
Homework
- Complete Your M1 Tasks
- Complete M0 Teammate Reviews (see instructions in Discord #announcements channel)

Wed 4/12 M1 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- M0 Teammate Reviews by end of day (see instructions in Discord #announcements channel)
Lecture
- Testing in Rails: Controller Tests and Coping with Devise in Testing, Part 1 (see video, demo code)
Homework
- Complete Your Team’s M1 Submission

Mon 4/17 M2 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- M1 Submission by end of day in Canvas
- Controller Test Activity by end of day in Canvas
Lecture
- Milestone M2 Introduced
- Activity: Add a Controller Test to Your Project (submission instructions in Canvas)
Homework
- Complete Your Team’s M2 Task Plans
- Get to Work on Your M2 Tasks

Wed 4/19 M2 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- M2 Task Plans by end of Thu 4/20 in Canvas
Lecture
- Testing in Rails: Controller Tests and Coping with Devise in Testing, Part 2 (see video, demo code)
Homework
- Complete Your M2 Tasks

Mon 4/24 M2 (video)

Lecture
- M2 Live In-Class Demo Session Introduced
- Software Testing (slides)
- Statement and Branch Coverage with SimpleCov (see video, demo code)
Homework
- Complete M1 Teammate Reviews (see instructions in Discord #announcements channel)
- Complete Your M2 Tasks

Wed 4/26 M2 (video)

⚠ Due ⚠
- M1 Teammate Reviews by Sun 4/30 end of day (see instructions in Discord #announcements channel)
Lecture
- Security Attacks and Countermeasures (slides)
Homework
- Complete Your M2 Tasks
- Complete M1 Teammate Reviews (see instructions in Discord #announcements channel)
- Complete SETEs in my.memphis.edu

Mon 5/1 M2

Exams Week (No Class)
Homework
- Complete Your Team’s M2 Submission
- Complete M2 Teammate Reviews (see instructions in Discord #announcements channel)
- Complete SETEs in my.memphis.edu

Wed 5/3 M2

⚠ In-Class Project Demo Session ⚠
- Exams Week—Special Meeting Time: 10:00–12:00
- Attendance required!
⚠ 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!