Software Engineering

New York University

Department of Computer Science

Schedule

Date	Class	Topics	Notes	Helpful resources	Quiz due	Exercise due
9/4	1	Welcome	- Course intro - Syllabus - Discord for Education
9/9	2	Software engineering overview	Software engineering overview	- Missed Expectations: Where CS Students Fall Short in the Software Industry - Advice for Computer Science College Students, from Joel on Software - Four Ways to Make CS & IT Curricula More Immersive, by Thomas A. Limoncelli	Intake questionnaire	- Complete consent form - Join Discord - Create GitHub account
9/11	3	Version control	- Version control - Git & GitHub	Atlassian git workflow comparison	Development processes

Gather requirements, draft a product specification for a mobile application, and build a clickable prototype.

Date	Class	Topics	Notes	Helpful resources	Quiz due	Exercise due
9/16	4	- Project 1 kick-off - System specification	- Requirements engineering - Domain modeling - UML diagrams	- Google’s Markdown Style Guide - Video course: Requirements Elicitation & Analysis, on LinkedIn Learning	Git & GitHub	- Git/GitHub configuration - Git workflow practice
9/18	5	User experience design & prototyping	- User experience design - Figma essentials - Example prototype	How to Wireframe by Figma Marketing	Requirements engineering
9/23	6	Project work			User experience design
9/25	7	Stakeholder demos				Project 1

Build a mobile web application.

Date	Class	Topics	Notes	Helpful resources	Quiz due	Exercise due
9/30	8	- Project 2 kick-off - Web architecture	Web architecture		Project 1 feedback
10/2	n/a	no class (Prof out)
10/7	9	MongoDB CRUD	MongoDB CRUD		Web architecture
10/9	10	Flask & pymongo	- Virtual environments - Flask & pymongo - Example web app	- Video: Setup VSCode for Python - Video: Modify & Run Python in VSCode - Grinberg, Miguel: The Flask Mega-Tutorial	MongoDB CRUD
10/14	n/a	no class (Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples Day)
10/15	11	Project work			Flask & pymongo
10/16	12	Stakeholder demos				Project 2

Build and test with continuous integration.

Date	Class	Topics	Notes	Helpful resources	Quiz due	Exercise due
10/21	13	- Project 3 kick-off - System building	- System building - Example Python package	-How to Publish an Open Source Python Package to PyPI - Python Packaging User Guide	Project 2 feedback
10/23	14	Software testing	- Software testing - Unit testing	Effective Python Testing With Pytest	System building
10/28	15	Continuous integration	Continuous integration		Software testing
10/30	16	Project work			Continuous integration
11/4	17	Stakeholder demos				Project 3

Containerized apps composed of multiple internetworked subsystems.

Date	Class	Topics	Notes	Helpful resources	Quiz due	Exercise due
11/6	18	- Project 4 kick-off - Virtualization & containers	Virtualization & containers	- Docker Tutorial for Beginners, by Programming with Mosh - Play with Docker - Access camera and microphone from web browser: this - Access camera from Docker container: this, this and this - Access microphone from Docker container: this	Project 3 feedback
11/11	19	Container orchestration		- Docker Compose Tutorial, by Programming with Mosh
11/13	20	Project work			Virtualization & containers
11/18	21	Stakeholder demos				Project 4

Putting it all together.

Date	Class	Topics	Notes	Helpful resources	Quiz due	Exercise due
11/20	22	Project 5 kick-off			Project 4 feedback
11/25	23	Deployment	Deployment	Digital Ocean referral link
11/27	n/a	no class (Prof out)
12/2	24	Project work
12/4	25	Release management	Release management
12/9	26	Final project presentations	Project presentations		- Release management Due after presentations: - Project 5 feedback -Outtake questionnaire	Project 5 No late work accepted beyond this date
12/16 @4-5:50PM	27	Final project presentations

Material that is not currently included in the course, but may be of interest to some:

Date	Class	Topics	Notes	Quiz
n/a	n/a	GitHub for Collaboration	GitHub for Collaboration	GitHub for Collaboration
n/a	n/a	Team Psychology	Team Psychology	Teamwork
n/a	n/a	Bash scripting	Bash scripting	Bash scripting
n/a	n/a	Design patterns	Design patterns	Design patterns
n/a	n/a	Change management	Change management