November 29, 2009

• Current Readings
  • ACM Code of Ethics
  • IEEE Code of Ethics
  • Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics
• Current Assignments
  • VOOGA, Refactored Program, due by 6pm, Thursday December 3 (updated!)
  • VOOGA, Final Version, due at final exam period, Friday December 11
  • VOOGA, Individual Analysis, due by the end of the day, Sunday December 13

November 18, 2009

• Current Assignments
  • VOOGA, Level Editor Functional Description, due by the end of the day, Thursday November 19 (new!)

November 16, 2009

• Design Description Examples
  • Chapter 11 from Design Heuristics by Arthur Riel
  • OO Software Development from Computing Fundamentals with C++ by Rick Mercer
  • Designing a Document Editor from Design Patterns by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides

November 9, 2009

• Outside of Class Activities
  • Monday, November 16, 4-5pm in 130A North: The Power of Abstraction by Barbara Liskov (Turing Award Winner)
  • Wednesday, November 18, 6pm in LSRC D106: CSURF Information Meeting
• Current Readings
  • Custom Networking from Sun's Java Tutorial
  • Chapter 11 from Design Heuristics by Arthur Riel

November 2, 2009

• Current Readings
  • Introducing OO Frameworks by Taligent
  • Using Key Bindings from Sun's Java Tutorial
  • Technical Introduction to XML

October 26, 2009

• Current Readings
  • SLogo Design Exercise for in class on Friday
  • OO Software Development from Computing Fundamentals with C++ by Rick Mercer
  • Designing a Document Editor from Design Patterns by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides
  • What is Software Design? by J. Reeves
  • Animation Tutorial from Sun's Java Tutorial
• Current Assignments
  • VOOGA, Initial Design, due by the end of the day, Monday November 2
  • VOOGA, Initial Program, due in class, Monday November 9
  • VOOGA, Revised Design, due by the end of the day, Monday November 16
  • VOOGA, Revised Program, due in class, Monday November 23

October 19, 2009

• Current Readings
  • A Data Type to Exploit Online Data Sources by M. Thornton and S. Edwards
  • Big Ball of Mud by B. Foote and J. Yoder
• Current Assignments
  • VOOGA, Team Web Page, due by the end of the day, Tuesday October 27

October 15, 2009

• Current Assignments
  • DataViz, Data API, due by the end of the day, Saturday October 17 (again)
  • DataViz, Final Version, due by the end of the day, Friday October 23 (extended)
  • DataViz, Individual Analysis, due by the end of the day, Monday October 26 (extended)

October 9, 2009

• Current Readings
  • Josh Bloch on API Design

October 7, 2009

• Current Readings
  • Basic I/O Streams from Sun's Java Tutorial
  • MapReduce: Simplified Data Processing on Large Clusters by J. Dean and S. Ghemawat
• Current Assignments
  • DataViz, Team Web Page, due by the end of the day, Friday October 9
  • DataViz, Data API, due by the end of the day, Tueday October 13
  • DataViz, Final Version, due by the end of the day, Sunday October 18
  • DataViz, Individual Analysis, due by the end of the day, Tuesday October 20

September 29, 2009

• No class on Wednesday or Friday of this week

September 25, 2009

• Current Readings
• Chapters 6-8 from Extreme Programming Explained by K. Beck
• Foundation Patterns by D. Deugo
• The Interface Segregation Principle by R. Martin

September 18, 2009

• Current Readings
  • The Dependency Inversion Principle by Robert Martin
  • Introduction to Design Patterns (Chapter 5 from Design Patterns Explained) by A. Shalloway and J. Trott

September 14, 2009

• Current Readings
  • The Liskov Substitution Principle by Robert Martin
  • The Reflection API and Generics from Sun's Java Tutorial
  • A Visual Guide to Version Control
• Current Assignments
  • Picasso, Team Web Page, due by the end of the day, Wednesday September 16
  • Picasso, First Draft, due by the end of the day, Monday September 21
  • Picasso, Final Version, due by the end of the day, Wednesday September 30
  • Picasso, Individual Analysis, due by the end of the day, Friday October 2

September 7, 2009

• The schedule for Life-Long Learning presentations is now online here
  The schedule is still approximate, but if there is an obvious serious conflict let me know now so I can try to fix it
• Current Assignments
  • Jotto, due by 10pm, Sunday September 13

September 4, 2009

• In order to help clarify my expectations, I have started compiling this set of Coding Conventions
• Current Readings
  • The Single Responsibility Principle by Robert Martin
  • User Interfaces that Swing and Using Swing Components from Sun's Java Tutorial
  • Writing Event Listeners from Sun's Java Tutorial
• Current Assignments
  • Arithmetica, final version, due by the end of the day, Sunday September 6

August 28, 2009

• TA Office Hours start Sunday in the Link starting at 7pm
  Look for a post on the CompSci 108 Bulletin Board for the exact location within the Link
• Current Readings
  • Object-Oriented Software Development: Inheritance and Polymorphism by Rick Mercer
  • Multi-Paradigm Design for C++: Commonality Analysis by James Coplien
  • JUnit Test Infected: Programmers Love Writing Tests
• Current Assignments
  • Arithmetica, due by 10pm, Thursday September 3

August 26, 2009

• Instructions for downloading Eclipse and Ambient are available online here.
• Current Readings
  • OO in One Sentence by A. Hunt and D. Thomas
  • Open Closed Principle by R. Martin
  • Code Smells by K. Beck and M. Fowler
• Current Assignments
  • Bins, due by 6pm, Thursday August 27
  • Introductions, due by the end of the day, Monday August 31

August 24, 2009

• Welcome to CompSci 108!
• This website complements what you experience in class.
  Course announcements will be posted on this web page and may also be announced in class. You are responsible for all material that appears here and should check for updates frequently.
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