SOEN6441 - fall 2019

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	name	e-mail address
lecture W	----F---	13:15-16:00	FG-B-060	Joey Paquet	paquet@encs.concordia.ca
instructor's office hours	--W-----	10:00-12:00	EV-3-221	Joey Paquet
lab W WI	---J----	11:45-13:35	H-907	Sadaf Najam	sadaf.najam91@gmail.com
lab W WJ	----F---	17:45-19:35	H-967	Sadaf Najam	sadaf.najam91@gmail.com
lab W WK	----F---	17:45-19:35	H-823	Jashan Sekhon	sekhonjashan@gmail.com
marker				Sadaf Najam	sadaf.najam91@gmail.com
marker				Jashan Sekhon	sekhonjashan@gmail.com

Lecture Schedule

wk	date	event	topic
week 1	sept 6	project description (handout)	introduction to the course & project
week 2	sept 13	team lists due - sept 15	software development process extreme programming
week 3	sept 20		software repositories coding conventions
week 4	sept 27	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	oct 4		model view controller architecture and observer pattern source code for Observer example using (deprecated) Java Observer/Observable source code for Observer example
week 6	oct 11	midterm examination results
week 7	oct 18	project build 1 due (oct 17,18 - presentations - no lecture) results
week 8	oct 25	project build 2 requirements/grading scheme (handout)	refactoring design patterns in Java source code for pattern examples
week 9	nov 1	deadline for withdrawal (nov 4)
week 10	nov 8	project build 2 due (nov 7,8,9 - presentations - no lecture)
week 11	nov 15	project build 3 requirements/grading scheme (handout)	fault tolerance through exception handling source code for exception examples
week 12	nov 22		Java generics source code for Java generics examples
week 13	nov 29	project build 3 due (nov 27,28, 29 - presentations - no lecture)
exam week	dec 5 - dec 19	final examination (final) (dec 19 15h00-18h00 tentative)

Course Material and Resources

• Course outline
• project teams
• ENCS Electronic Student Submission System
• ENCS Lectures and Labs Schedules