December 5, 2011

• It is CSEdWeek, a celebration of the impact of computing and the need for earlier integration of computer science education.
• You must attend the Final Demos in North 311 from 2-5pm, Saturday, December 17
• Current Readings
  • ACM Code of Ethics
  • IEEE Code of Ethics
  • Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics
• Current Assignments
  • VOOGA, final API implementation, due Friday, December 9
  • VOOGA, improved game implementation, due in-class Saturday, December 17
    • complete your Build-a-Game project, using as much of the VOOGA game engine as possible
  • VOOGA, code refactoring, due in-class Saturday, December 17
    • submit a piece of code, as small as a method or as large as a hierarchy of classes, from within the VOOGA project, either the engine or your game, that you wrote or significantly refactored
      • the code should be something that you are proud to defend as well-designed, at the least according to these standards
      • the code itself is the most important thing, but it would help to include documentation that explains the context of the code and its design goals
      • note, you should update the code and submit it separately from the the GIT repository, i.e., you do not need to worry about the refactored code conforming to the current APIs

November 21, 2011

• Thanksgiving Readings
  • The Free Software Definition by Richard Stallman
  • Cathedral and Bazaar by Eric Raymond
  • Homesteading the Noosphere by Eric Raymond
• Current Assignments
  • VOOGA, individual API re-design, due in-class Wednesday, November 30
  • VOOGA, team API re-design, due in-class Friday, December 2

November 14, 2011

• Current Readings
  • Foundation Patterns by D. Deugo
• Current Assignments
  • VOOGA, team API demo, due in-class Monday, November 21

November 4, 2011

• Note, you should plan to be in class for this entire week and the presentations on Monday.
• Current Assignments
  • VOOGA, individual API design, due in-class Wednesday, November 9
  • VOOGA, team API design, due in-class Friday, November 11
  • VOOGA, collective team API design, due in-class Monday, November 14

October 31, 2011

• Current Readings
  • Introducing OO Frameworks by Taligent
  • Designing a Document Editor from Design Patterns by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides
  • Chapter 11 from Design Heuristics by Arthur Riel

October 26, 2011

• Deadline for C-SURF applications is November 2
• Current Assignments
  • Build-a-Game, first demo and description, is due Monday, October 31
  • Build-a-Game, final individual version, is due Sunday, November 6
  • Build-a-Game, analysis, is due in-class Monday, November 7

October 24, 2011

• Current Readings
  • The Game Loop by Koen Witters
  • Design to Accommodate Change by D. Thomas
  • How to Write a Key Listener and Using Key Bindings from Java Tutorial

October 17, 2011

• Current Readings
  • How to Use Model-View-Controller (MVC) by S. Burbeck (the original paper) and
    a discussion of Model-View-Controller As An Aggregate Design Pattern
  • The Stable Abstractions Principle by R. Martin

October 14, 2011

• Current Assignments
  • TIVOO, design discussion with TA by Tuesday, October 18
  • TIVOO, final version is due Thursday, October 20
  • In-class presentations of TIVOO API, Friday, October 21
  • TIVOO, design documentation is due Sunday, October 23
  • TIVOO, personal reflection is due Monday, October 24

October 12, 2011

• Current Readings
  • Objects, Components, and Frameworks with UML, Chapter 11, by D. D'Souza and A. Wills
  • The Interface Segregation Principle by Robert Martin
  • Debug It!, Chapter 3, by P. Butcher

October 7, 2011

• Check out the online CodeSprint contest!
• Helper hours are listed here

October 5, 2011

• Fall Break Readings
  • Financial Metaphors for Bad Code: Technical Debt or Call Option
  • The Craftsmen vs. the Scavengers: The Ruminations of a Foot Soldier on the Reuse Revolution by Brian Foote
  • Good Code Tells the Truth by H. Wolff

October 3, 2011

• Current Readings
  • User Interfaces that Swing and Using Swing Components from the Java Tutorial
  • The Dependency Inversion Principle by Robert Martin
• Current Assignments
  • TIVOO, design discussion with TA by Friday, October 7
  • TIVOO, expected sign-off for Part 2 is Thursday, October 13

September 26, 2011

• Current Readings
  • Josh Bloch on API Design
  • Framework Design Guidelines, Chapter 1, by K. Cwalina and B. Abrams
  • On the Criteria to be used in Decomposing a System into Modules by D.L. Parnas
• Current Assignments
  • TIVOO, design discussion with TA by Thursday, September 29
  • TIVOO, expected sign-off for Part 1 is Sunday, October 2

September 23, 2011

• Current Assignments
  • PICASSA, final version is due by Sunday, September 25 (extended!)
  • TIVOO, meet in teams to prepare for API discussion in class on Monday, September 26

September 16, 2011

• Current Readings
  • JUnit Test Infected: Programmers Love Writing Tests
  • Why Getters and Setters are Evil and Why Extends is Evil by Allen Holub
  • The Single Responsibility Principle by Robert Martin
  • A Visual Guide to Version Control

September 12, 2011

• Current Readings
  • Introduction to Design Patterns (Chapter 5 from Design Patterns Explained) by A. Shalloway and J. Trott
• Current Assignments
  • PICASSA, if working on Part 2 first draft is due by Thursday, September 15
  • PICASSA, final version is due by Thursday, September 22

September 9, 2011

• Current Readings
  • Refactoring, an Example by M. Fowler
  • The Liskov Substitution Principle by Robert Martin

September 5, 2011

• Helper Hours for the first month (more may be added soon)!
  These will be held in the The Link (on Lower Level 1 of Perkins Library) near the cluster of chairs between Group Study 7 and Classroom 4
  • Monday
    • 1:30-2:30pm, Robert (LSRC D228, not the Link)
    • 4:15-5:15pm, Mike (LSRC D230, not the Link)
    • 7-9pm, Scott
  • Tuesday
    • 1-2pm, Robert (LSRC D228, not the Link)
    • 4:15-6:15pm, Alex
  • Wednesday
    • 11:30-12:30pm, Derek
    • 1-2pm, Mike (LSRC D230, not the Link)
    • 4:15-6pm, Trevor
    • 7-9pm, Andrew
  • Thursday
    • 11:30-12:30pm, Derek
    • 4:15-6:15pm, Julian
    • 8-10pm, Nathan
  • Friday
    • 1-2:30pm, Yu
• Current Assignments
  • PICASSA, Part 1 draft is due Wednesday, September 7
  • PICASSA, expected sign-off for Part 1 is Sunday, September 11

September 2, 2011

• The class has now officially moved to North 311
• 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
  • Debug It!, Chapter 3, by P. Butcher
• Current Assignments
  • Read the PICASSA assignment and code, come to class prepared to discuss them

August 29, 2011

• 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.
  • This course is essentially paperless, with preference to electronic distribution of all materials through this site. Thus you are responsible for all material that appears here and should check for updates frequently.
• Unless you are a senior, you are not be required to take this course.
  • It will continue to count as an elective for the major.
• 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, Analysis, due before class, Wednesday, August 31