Course Intro
Software Engineering
Welcome
Welcome
Course description
We learn an engineering approach to the problem of software development.
Welcome
Course description
We learn an engineering approach to the problem of software development.
This course is as much about tools and best-practices as it is about finished products.
Welcome
Course description
We learn an engineering approach to the problem of software development.
This course is as much about tools and best-practices as it is about finished products.
Students work in teams to produce several software products.
Welcome
Me
Foo Barstein
- discord: @foo.barstein
Who you are
Who you are
Profile
Who are you, really?
Who you are
Profile
Who are you, really?
- trying to use up college credits
Who you are
Profile
Who are you, really?
trying to use up college credits
doing what your parents and advisors tell you to do
Who you are
Profile
Who are you, really?
trying to use up college credits
doing what your parents and advisors tell you to do
interested in becoming a software developer
Who you are
Profile
Who are you, really?
trying to use up college credits
doing what your parents and advisors tell you to do
interested in becoming a software developer
maybe already are a software developer
Who you are
Profile
Who are you, really?
trying to use up college credits
doing what your parents and advisors tell you to do
interested in becoming a software developer
maybe already are a software developer
hoping to find a decent-paying job
Who you are
Profile
Who are you, really?
trying to use up college credits
doing what your parents and advisors tell you to do
interested in becoming a software developer
maybe already are a software developer
hoping to find a decent-paying job
already dressing up like Mark Zuckerberg
Who you are
Profile
Who are you, really?
trying to use up college credits
doing what your parents and advisors tell you to do
interested in becoming a software developer
maybe already are a software developer
hoping to find a decent-paying job
already dressing up like Mark Zuckerberg
just having fun
Who you are
Profile
Who are you, really?
trying to use up college credits
doing what your parents and advisors tell you to do
interested in becoming a software developer
maybe already are a software developer
hoping to find a decent-paying job
already dressing up like Mark Zuckerberg
just having fun
here for some other reason.... it doesn't matter!
Who you are
Profile
Who are you, really?
trying to use up college credits
doing what your parents and advisors tell you to do
interested in becoming a software developer
maybe already are a software developer
hoping to find a decent-paying job
already dressing up like Mark Zuckerberg
just having fun
here for some other reason.... it doesn't matter!
Welcome!
Who you are
What you know
Who you are
What you know
- computer programming in a reasonably modern language
Who you are
What you know
computer programming in a reasonably modern language
how to name a file and save it to your hard drive and find it later
Who you are
What you know
computer programming in a reasonably modern language
how to name a file and save it to your hard drive and find it later
comfortable on the UNIX/Linux command shell
Who you are
What you probably don't know
Who you are
What you probably don't know
- Git
Who you are
What you probably don't know
Git
Web application development
Who you are
What you probably don't know
Git
Web application development
How to create software from scratch
Who you are
What you probably don't know
Git
Web application development
How to create software from scratch
How to work collaboratively and harmoniously in a team over a long time
Who you are
What you probably don't know
Git
Web application development
How to create software from scratch
How to work collaboratively and harmoniously in a team over a long time
What it's like to have your work continually monitored by a boss
Who you are
What you probably don't know
Git
Web application development
How to create software from scratch
How to work collaboratively and harmoniously in a team over a long time
What it's like to have your work continually monitored by a boss
How to automate away your own job
Topics
Topics
Software development process models
We will learn about the difficulties of building software and a few different approaches to the problem:
Topics
Software development process models
We will learn about the difficulties of building software and a few different approaches to the problem:
- The advantages and disadvantages of "Big Design Up Front" (BDUP)
Topics
Software development process models
We will learn about the difficulties of building software and a few different approaches to the problem:
The advantages and disadvantages of "Big Design Up Front" (BDUP)
The so-called "agile" or iterative approach and where it fails
Topics
Planning
We will write specifications and build clickable prototypes of software applications that meet the needs of their users. This involves:
Topics
Planning
We will write specifications and build clickable prototypes of software applications that meet the needs of their users. This involves:
- requirements gathering
Topics
Planning
We will write specifications and build clickable prototypes of software applications that meet the needs of their users. This involves:
requirements gathering
user experience design
Topics
Planning
We will write specifications and build clickable prototypes of software applications that meet the needs of their users. This involves:
requirements gathering
user experience design
rapid prototyping
Topics
Web application development
We will sojourn through full-stack development of web application developments, using a Python-based technology stack:
Topics
Web application development
We will sojourn through full-stack development of web application developments, using a Python-based technology stack:
- MongoDB as the database.
Topics
Web application development
We will sojourn through full-stack development of web application developments, using a Python-based technology stack:
MongoDB as the database.
Flask for the back-end.
Topics
Web application development
We will sojourn through full-stack development of web application developments, using a Python-based technology stack:
MongoDB as the database.
Flask for the back-end.
raw HTML & CSS for the front-end.
Topics
Continuous integration
We will learn to write tests that validate our code behaves as expected and automate the boring job of repeatedly running those tests repeatedly with every code change.
Topics
Continuous deployment
We will learn to launch software on the Internet and how to automate the boring job of re-launching it with every code change.
Topics
Skills we will develop
You cannot do contemporary work without some fundamental skills.
Topics
Skills we will develop
You cannot do contemporary work without some fundamental skills.
- Basic UNIX/Linux commands
Topics
Skills we will develop
You cannot do contemporary work without some fundamental skills.
Basic UNIX/Linux commands
Version control (i.e.
gitandGitHub)
Topics
Skills we will develop
You cannot do contemporary work without some fundamental skills.
Basic UNIX/Linux commands
Version control (i.e.
gitandGitHub)Teamwork and collaboration
Structure
Structure
Overview
This course involves each of the following:
Structure
Overview
This course involves each of the following:
- Lectures
Structure
Overview
This course involves each of the following:
Lectures
Quizzes
Structure
Overview
This course involves each of the following:
Lectures
Quizzes
Team projects
Structure
Grading
Grading is broken down as follows:
Structure
Grading
Grading is broken down as follows:
- 25%: Quizzes
Structure
Grading
Grading is broken down as follows:
25%: Quizzes
75%: Team projects
Structure
Texts
No single textbook is necessary nor sufficient for this course. We will refer to various online resources where relevant.
Structure
Texts
No single textbook is necessary nor sufficient for this course. We will refer to various online resources where relevant.
- Our technology stack is very popular, with plenty of good documentation and tutorials.
Software
Software
Install these now
You will need a variety of software tools. Here are a few to set up right now.
Software
Install these now
You will need a variety of software tools. Here are a few to set up right now.
- Git - for Mac or for Windows
Software
Install these now
You will need a variety of software tools. Here are a few to set up right now.
Git - for Mac or for Windows
A UNIX-like shell, such as in Mac's Terminal or Git Bash (part of Git for Windows) or Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). If using WSL, make sure it is configured to be compatible with Docker.
Software
Install these now
You will need a variety of software tools. Here are a few to set up right now.
Git - for Mac or for Windows
A UNIX-like shell, such as in Mac's Terminal or Git Bash (part of Git for Windows) or Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). If using WSL, make sure it is configured to be compatible with Docker.
an account set up on GitHub.com
Software
Install these now
You will need a variety of software tools. Here are a few to set up right now.
Git - for Mac or for Windows
A UNIX-like shell, such as in Mac's Terminal or Git Bash (part of Git for Windows) or Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). If using WSL, make sure it is configured to be compatible with Docker.
an account set up on GitHub.com
Software
Install these now
You will need a variety of software tools. Here are a few to set up right now.
Git - for Mac or for Windows
A UNIX-like shell, such as in Mac's Terminal or Git Bash (part of Git for Windows) or Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). If using WSL, make sure it is configured to be compatible with Docker.
an account set up on GitHub.com
Discord (Install the desktop app)
Software
Setting Up Bash within Visual Studio Code
WINDOWS USERS - you should use Git Bash or Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) rather than Windows' default Powershell or other command line shell program. To set Git Bash or WSL as the default terminal shell within Visual Studio Code, you can try to follow the instructions in the second answer here by Mahade Walid and edited by FruityOatyBar (ignore the first answer, which is outdated).
What Others Say
What Others Say
The Good
A sample of comments left by former students:
What Others Say
The Good
A sample of comments left by former students:
The course was a required course and was very demanding in terms of challenge but it was the appropriate amount and I learned a lot of valuable things. It was a great class and very helpful.
What Others Say
The Good
A sample of comments left by former students:
The course was a required course and was very demanding in terms of challenge but it was the appropriate amount and I learned a lot of valuable things. It was a great class and very helpful.
The professor was great. Very informative and provided all the necessary channels and resources needed to learn.
What Others Say
The Good
A sample of comments left by former students:
The course was a required course and was very demanding in terms of challenge but it was the appropriate amount and I learned a lot of valuable things. It was a great class and very helpful.
The professor was great. Very informative and provided all the necessary channels and resources needed to learn.
Projects. Hands on. Beats any studying for exams or doing theory based things. It almost felt like an internship of an internship and was very enjoyable while learning more than you realize.
What Others Say
The Good
A sample of comments left by former students:
The course was a required course and was very demanding in terms of challenge but it was the appropriate amount and I learned a lot of valuable things. It was a great class and very helpful.
The professor was great. Very informative and provided all the necessary channels and resources needed to learn.
Projects. Hands on. Beats any studying for exams or doing theory based things. It almost felt like an internship of an internship and was very enjoyable while learning more than you realize.
The majority of the course is based on working in a team (which is expected because of the nature of what Software Engineering looks like as a job), and this was fantastic.
What Others Say
The Bad
A sample of comments left by former students:
What Others Say
The Bad
A sample of comments left by former students:
Quizzes should be rewritten to reduce ambiguity and interpretation. This is because certain questions cannot fully be chalked up to "misunderstanding of the topic" when the question is poorly written for multiple interpretations which would change the outcome of the quiz.
What Others Say
The Bad
A sample of comments left by former students:
Quizzes should be rewritten to reduce ambiguity and interpretation. This is because certain questions cannot fully be chalked up to "misunderstanding of the topic" when the question is poorly written for multiple interpretations which would change the outcome of the quiz.
The quick pace sometimes means that students have barely felt like the last project was completed and start working on assignments later.
What Others Say
The Bad
A sample of comments left by former students:
Quizzes should be rewritten to reduce ambiguity and interpretation. This is because certain questions cannot fully be chalked up to "misunderstanding of the topic" when the question is poorly written for multiple interpretations which would change the outcome of the quiz.
The quick pace sometimes means that students have barely felt like the last project was completed and start working on assignments later.
I believe there shouldn't be any strict restriction on using a specific technology stack as this is a "software development" course, students should be allowed to use any technology stack they are comfortable with, as long as it provides acceptable performance and solves the problem.
What Others Say
The Ugly
What Others Say
The Ugly
Structure was pretty strong in the first half of the semester. Got a bit lost on the structure in the second half.
What Others Say
The Ugly
Structure was pretty strong in the first half of the semester. Got a bit lost on the structure in the second half.
I would have liked more direction on the later projects, and in working with groups, there always is a dynamic of some people doing more work than others, which I definitely experienced in half of the projects.
What Others Say
The Ugly
Structure was pretty strong in the first half of the semester. Got a bit lost on the structure in the second half.
I would have liked more direction on the later projects, and in working with groups, there always is a dynamic of some people doing more work than others, which I definitely experienced in half of the projects.
The 4th project practically required an extension as it was incredibly time–consuming.
What Others Say
The Ugly
Structure was pretty strong in the first half of the semester. Got a bit lost on the structure in the second half.
I would have liked more direction on the later projects, and in working with groups, there always is a dynamic of some people doing more work than others, which I definitely experienced in half of the projects.
The 4th project practically required an extension as it was incredibly time–consuming.
There are sometimes people in your group that won't uphold their weight which in my opinion is kind of unavoidable.
What Others Say
Time commitment
What Others Say
Openness
What Others Say
Challenge
What Others Say
Knowledge increase
Conclusions
Thank you. Bye.