February 16, 2026

• Current Readings
  • Understanding Docker for DevOps by Andrey Byhalenko
  • Ultimate Guide on DevOps by Stephen Bigelow, Meredith Courtemanche, and Alexander Gillis
  • Automated Testing for CI/CD from TeamCity
  • Mastering Docker Logs from dash0

February 9, 2026

• Current Readings
  • Basics of Unix Philosophy from The Art of Unix Programming by Eric Raymond
  • Learning the Shell by William Shotts
  • What is Docker? from GeeksForGeeks
  • Introduction to Teamwork Is An Individual Skill by Christopher Avery, Meri Walker, and Erin O'Toole Murphy
• Current Work
  • AI Assistant, Phase 1, due by the end of the day Wednesday, February 18
  • AI Assistant, Phase 2, due by the end of the day Wednesday, February 25
  • AI Assistant, Phase 3, due by the end of the day Tuesday, March 4

February 2, 2026

• Current Readings
  • To Null, or Not to Null by Dave Cook
  • Designing a Document Editor from Design Patterns by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides
  • Introduction from Refactoring to Patterns by Joshua Kerievsky
  • Foundation Patterns by Dwight Deugo
  • How to Write an Effective Bug Report: A Comprehensive Guide by Dan Ponomarenko

January 25, 2026

• Current Readings
  • Josh Bloch on API Design
  • Why Java Interfaces Are So Very Cool (Chapter 17 from Java Garage) by Eben Hewitt
  • Software Internationalization Best Practices for Developers by Ninad Pathak
  • Guide to Using ChatGPT Prompts for Coding Tasks from LearnPrompt.org

January 20, 2026

• Current Readings
  • Building Bug-Free OO Software: An Introduction to Design by Contract from the Eiffel Users group
  • Model-View Separation Principle from Applying UML and Patterns by Craig Larman
  • How to Work Well on Teams from Software Engineering at Google by Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, and Hyrum Wright
  • Markdown Manual: The Web's Simplest Plain-Text Syntax by Matthew Guay
• Current Work
  • Interpreter, Phase 1, due by the end of the day Wednesday, January 28
  • Interpreter, Phase 2, due by the end of the day Wednesday, February 4
  • Interpreter, Phase 3, due by the end of the day Tuesday, February 10

January 11, 2026

• Current Readings
  • It's all connected in GitLab by Heather McNamee
  • Java Logging Best Practices by Rafal Kuć
  • TDD Guided by ZOMBIES by James Grenning
  • JUnit Test Infected by Kent Beck
• Current Work
  • Maze Search Algorithms, Phase 1, due by the end of the day Wednesday, January 14
  • Maze Search Algorithms, Phase 2, due by the end of the day Tuesday, January 20

January 7, 2026

• Welcome to CompSci 590!
  • This website is your primary portal to the course: you are responsible for all material here, so check for updates frequently
  • Please help us make this course as useful as possible for you by letting us know if you need help or if something is not working for you
• You are encouraged to take Duke's Roots Courses, since you have many opportunities to learn a new language, framework, or technology this semester
• Current Readings
  • Mental Health in Software Engineering by Vadim Kravcenko
  • Chapter 1 from Clean Code by Robert Martin
  • Code Smells by Kent Beck and Martin Fowler (Chapter 3 from Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code)
  • Coding and Coping with ChatGPT by Kevin Workman at Happy Coding
• Current Work
  • Download and install the latest version of these free (for students) tools:
    • GIT and, optionally, Tower GIT Client
    • A Development Environment (e.g., VS Code, JetBrains, or perhaps Cursor AI Editor)
    • Warp Terminal (universal and modern Command Line tool)
    • Rancher Desktop (universal and flexible Docker Container manager)
  • Complete this survey by the end of the day Friday, January 9