| CompSci 308 Spring 2023 |
Advanced Software Design and Implementation |
April 24, 2023
- Complete Duke's Course Evaluation — every voice matters!
- Final Demos will take place on Wednesday, May 3 from 2-4:30pm, in our classroom, Gross Hall room 103:
- Each team will have 30 minutes to present
- The project code should be frozen Sunday night, so that week focus your presentation preparation on showing the functionality and flexibility of the project through example games
- You are expected to attend (like a final exam), however, if you cannot, you must email me a video before class that shows:
- a demo of your part of the project
- an explanation of your API(s) and how it is open to extension, how it contributes to the whole project, and why you believe it is a good design as well as what you personally learned about teamwork from this project
- Current Readings
- Four Pillars of Object Oriented Programming by Ben Jacobs
- Extreme (Programming) Thoughts by Ron Jeffries
- The API-First World, a comic book from Postman
- Defending Democracy (and US!) from Big Tech, 3 podcast episodes by Bob Sullivan with Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy and the Keenan Institute for Ethics
- Upcoming Deadlines
- Journal: Teamwork Reflection, due by Friday, April 28 (effectively 3:08am ET Saturday morning)
- Project: OOGASalad - Complete, due Sunday, April 30 (effectively 3:08am Monday morning)
- Project: OOGASalad - Demo, due Wednesday, May 3 by 2pm (start of Final Exam time slot)
- Journal: Project Analysis, due by Sunday, May 7 (effectively 3:08am ET Monday morning)
April 17, 2023
- Help student research into understanding (and ultimately improving) the experience of group projects in CompSci courses by completing this anonymous survey
- Current Readings
- Functional Programming in Java by Venkat Subramaniam
- Refactoring with Loops and Collection Pipelines by Martin Fowler
- Basics of Unix Philosophy from The Art of Unix Programming by Eric Raymond
- The Moral Compass from The Pragmatic Programmer by Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt
- Upcoming Deadlines
- Journal: Improvement Assessment, due by Friday, April 21 (effectively 3:08am ET Saturday morning)
- Project: OOGASalad - Sprint 3, due Sunday, April 23 (effectively 3:08am Monday morning)
April 10, 2023
- Current Readings
- What Is Software Engineering?, How to Work Well on Teams, and Engineering for Equity from Software Engineering at Google by Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, and Hyrum Wright
- The Ultimate Guide on DevOps by Meredith Courtemanche, Emily Mell, and Alexander Gillis
- True Programmers Never Stop Learning by Thibaud Jobert
- Dark Side of Software Development by Vibali Joshi
- Do Programmers Need a Code of Conduct interview with Robert Martin and his talk The Future of Programming
- Upcoming Deadlines
April 3, 2023
- Current Readings
- Java Logging Best Practices by Rafal Kuć
- What is Free Software? by The Free Software Foundation
- Cathedral and Bazaar by Eric Raymond
- Towards Ethics by Default, One Step at a Time by Vitaly Friedman
- Upcoming Deadlines
- Project: OOGASalad - Sprint 1, due Friday, April 7 (effectively 3:08am Saturday morning)
- Journal: Ethics (Personal), due by Sunday, April 9 (effectively 3:08am ET Monday morning)
March 27, 2023
- Java 20 was released last week as well as OpenJFX 20
- No significant public changes made, mostly just enhancments to make some new features more robust and efficient
- Upgrading is NOT recommended especially since we have not had a chance to test them in IntelliJ yet
- Current Readings
- The Magic of Data Driven Design from Game Programming Gems by Steve Rabin
- Dependency Injection Pattern by Martin Fowler
- UI Software Architecture collaboratively authored for MIT's online 6.813 course
- ACM Code of Ethics (with guides for utilizing the code)
- Upcoming Deadlines
- Project: OOGASalad - Plan, due Friday, March 31 (effectively 3:08am Saturday morning)
- Journal: Ethics (Professional), due Sunday, April 2 (effectively 3:08am Monday morning)
March 20, 2023
- Current Readings
- Designing a Document Editor from Design Patterns by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides
- Introducing OO Frameworks by Taligent
- The Structure of Games from Game Design Workshop by Tracy Fullerton
- Teamwork is an Individual Skill by Christopher Avery
- Upcoming Deadlines
- Project: OOGASalad - Team Choice, due Wednesday, March 22 (effectively 3:08am Thursday morning)
- Journal: Teamwork Review, due Friday, March 24 (effectively 3:08am Saturday morning)
- Journal: Project Analysis, due Sunday, March 26 (effectively 3:08am Monday morning)
March 10, 2023
- Enjoy your Break!
March 6, 2023
- Current Readings
- Chapter 2 from Refactoring for Software Design Smells by Girish Suryanarayana, Ganesh Samarthyam, and Tushar Sharma
- From STUPID to SOLID by William Durand
- Big Ball of Mud by Brian Foote and Joseph Yoder
- Foundation Patterns by Dwight Deugo
- Upcoming Deadlines
February 27, 2023
- Current Readings
- Introduction to Design Patterns (Chapter 5 from Design Patterns Explained) by Alan Shalloway and James Trott
- Interface Separation Principle by Robert Martin
- Why Lamba Expressions from Java SE 8 for the Really Impatient by Cay Horstmann
- Refactoring to Patterns (Introduction) by Joshua Kerievsky
- Upcoming Deadlines
February 20, 2023
- Current Readings
- JUnit Test Infected by Kent Beck
- User Interface Testing with TestFX by Adam Carroll
- Dependency Inversion Principle by Robert Martin
- Building bug-free O-O software: An Introduction to Design by Contract from the Eiffel Users group
- Upcoming Deadlines
- Journal: Ethics in the News, due Friday, February 24 (effectively 3:08am Saturday morning)
- Project: SLogo - Test, due by Sunday, February 26 (effectively 3:08am Monday morning)
February 14, 2023
- Current Readings
- Josh Bloch Interview on API Design
- Model-View-Controller (MVC) from Head First Design Patterns by Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra, Eric Freeman, and Elisabeth Robson
- Designing with Interfaces by Bill Venners
- Managing Conflict and Project Teams and Problematic Behavior in Project Teams from the Group Project Survival Guide resource from Babson College (videos)
- Upcoming Deadlines
- Journal: Project Analysis, due Friday, February 17 (effectively 3:08am Saturday morning)
- Project: SLogo - Plan, due by Monday, February 20 (effectively 3:08am Tuesday morning)
February 6, 2023
- Current Readings
- Liskov Substitution Principle by Robert Martin
- Exceptions:
- How to Throw Exceptions in Java from Rollbar Guides
- Designing with Exceptions by Bill Venners
- Why Java Interfaces Are So Very Cool (Chapter 17 from Java Garage) by Eben Hewitt
- A Systematic Approach to Write Better Code With OOP Concepts by Muhammad Umair
- Upcoming Deadlines
- Journal: Team Review, due Friday, February 10 (effectively 3:08am Saturday morning)
- Project: Cell Society - Change, due by Monday, February 13 (effectively 3:08am Tuesday morning)
February 2, 2023
- Tonight at 6pm, next door, Google software engineers will be talking about what they do and how they got there
- Register individually or as a team of 3-4 for the Ethical Tech Case Competition by tomorrow
- Help student research into understanding (and ultimately improving) the experience of group projects in CompSci courses by completing this anonymous survey
January 31, 2023
- Current Readings
- Open Closed Principle by Robert Martin
- Model-View Separation Principle from Applying UML and Patterns by Craig Larman
- JavaFX, sections 4-5 from Core Java by Cay Horstmann
- Git Branching and Merging: A Step-By-Step Guide by Jeff Brown
- Upcoming Deadlines
- Journal: Starting and Learning, due Friday, February 3 (effectively 3:08am Saturday morning)
- Project: Cell Society - Basic, due by Monday, February 6 (effectively 3:08am Tuesday morning)
January 26, 2023
- Upcoming Deadlines
- Project: Cell Society - Plan, due by Monday, January 30 (effectively 3:08am Tuesday morning)
January 24, 2023
- Mentors will be determined this week, so plan to schedule a meeting with your assigned TA by Sunday.
- Current Readings
- Access Control (Encapsulation) from Thinking in Java by Bruce Eckel
- Object-Oriented Software Development: Inheritance and Polymorphism by Rick Mercer
- Replace Conditional with Polymorphism from Refactoring by Martin Fowler
- Effective Teamwork in Student Groups from the Group Project Survival Guide resource from Babson College (videos)
- Upcoming Deadlines
- Journal: Project Analysis, due Friday, January 27 (effectively 3:08am Saturday morning)
January 17, 2023
- Complete this online survey about your weekly availability as soon as possible (you may submit it multiple times if your schedule changes by the then of the week)
Teams for most projects will be chosen for you based on you schedule compatibility - Current Readings
- Single Responsibility Principle by Robert Martin
- Code Smells by Kent Beck and Martin Fowler (Chapter 3 from Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code)
- Everything is an Object from Thinking in Java by Bruce Eckel
- Extract Class from Refactoring by Kent Beck and Martin Fowler
- Debugging from The Pragmatic Programmer by Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt
- Upcoming Deadlines
- Journal: Thinking about Ethics and Failure, due by Friday, January 20 (effectively 3:08am Saturday morning)
- Project: Breakout - Complete, due by Tuesday, January 24 (effectively 3:08am Wednesday morning)
January 12, 2023
- Welcome to CompSci 308!
- This website is your primary portal to the course: you are responsible for all material that appears here and should check for updates frequently
- Please help us make this course as useful as possible for you by letting someone on the Teaching Team know as soon as possible if you need help or something is not working for you
- We will follow Duke's COVID Safety Protocol
- Masks are not required during class, buy you are strongly encouraged to wear a mask if you have any flu-like symptoms
- If you test positive for COVID, do not attend class, instead submit a Incapacitation Form
- Current Readings
- Chapter 1 from Clean Code by Robert Martin
- OO in One Sentence by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas
- JavaFX, sections 1-3 from Core Java by Cay Horstmann
- A Visual Guide to Version Control using GIT (or as videos) and GIT Commit Best Practices
- Coding and Coping with ChatGPT by Kevin Workman at Happy Coding
- Upcoming Deadlines
- Before our first class on Thursday if possible, download and install the latest versions of the software to be used in the course
If you run into trouble, you will be able to get help during class and during Office Hours this week
- Journal: CompSci Autobiography, due by Saturday, January 14 (effectively 3:08am Sunday morning)
- Project: Breakout - Plan and Starting Code, due by Tuesday, January 17 (effectively 3:08am Wednesday morning)
- Before our first class on Thursday if possible, download and install the latest versions of the software to be used in the course
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