SOEN6441 - winter 2017

Course Description

SOEN 6441 - Advanced programming practices (4 credits)

Problems of writing and managing code. Managing code complexity and quality through a programming process. Coding conventions. Inline software documentation. Software configuration management. Tools and techniques for testing software. Multithreading concurrency. Code reuse in software development. Quality in coding, fault tolerance. A project. Laboratory: two hours per week.

Course Schedule and Contacts

component	day	time	location	instructor	e-mail address
lecture WW	---J---	17:45-20:15	H 820	Paquet, Joey	paquet@encs.concordia.ca
office hours	--W----	10:00-12:00	EV 3.221	Paquet, Joey
lab hours WWWI	---J---	20:30-22:20	H 847	Gingras, Francois	f_gingr@encs.concordia.ca
lab hours WWWJ	---J---	15:45-17:35	H 811	Gingras, Francois
lab hours WWWK	---J---	9:00-11:00	H 967	Laleh, Touraj	t_laleh@encs.concordia.ca
lab hours WWWL	---J---	20:30-22:20	H 847	Laleh, Touraj

Lecture Schedule

wk	date	event	topic
week 1	jan 12	project description (handout)	introduction to the course & project
week 2	jan 19	[jan 20] team lists due	software development process extreme programming
week 3	jan 26		software repositories coding conventions
week 4	feb 2	project build 1 requirements/grading scheme (handout)	API documentation generation tools: Javadoc unit testing frameworks: JUnit JUnit examples from the slides tutorial on JUnit in Eclipse
week 5	feb 9		model view controller architecture and observer pattern source code for observer example
week 6	feb 16	midterm examination (no lecture)
midterm break	feb 20-26
week 7	mar 2	[SOEN6441 winter 2016 build 1 schedule|project build 1 due (presentations-no lecture)]
week 8	mar 9	project build 2 requirements/grading scheme (handout)	design patterns in Java source code for pattern examples
week 9	mar 16	[mar 19] deadline for withdrawal
week 10	mar 23	project build 2 due (presentations-no lecture)
week 11	mar 30	project build 3 requirements/grading scheme (handout)	fault tolerance through exception handling source code for exception examples
week 12	apr 6		Java generics source code for Java generics examples
week 13	apr 12-13	project build 3 due (presentations-no lecture)
exam week	apr 19 - may 2	final examination - TBD

Course Material and Resources

• project teams
• Course outline
• ENCS Electronic Student Submission System