SOEN6441 winter 2016

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	web page
lecture WW	---T---	14:45-17:30	H-553	Paquet, Joey	paquet@encs.concordia.ca
office hours	--W----	12:00-14:00	EV-3-221	Paquet, Joey
lab hours WWWI	---T---	20:30-22:20	TBA	TBA	TBA
lab hours WWWJ	---T---	15:45-17:35	TBA	TBA	TBA

Lecture Schedule

NOTE: Links in red are pointing to previous material and will be updated as the semester proceeds.

wk	date	event	topics (tentative)
week 1	sep 8	project description	introduction to the course & project
week 2	sep 15	[sep 19] team lists due	software development process extreme programming
week 3	sep 22		software repositories coding conventions API documentation generation tools: Javadoc
week 4	oct 29	project build 1 requirements/grading scheme	unit testing frameworks: JUnit JUnit examples from the slides tutorial on JUnit in Eclipse
week 5	oct 6		model view controller architecture and observer pattern source code for observer example
	oct 13	Thanksgiving, University closed
week 6	oct 20	midterm examination (no lecture) [oct 26] Deadline for withdrawal
week 7	oct 27	project build 1 due (presentations-no lecture)
week 8	nov 3	project build 2 requirements/grading scheme	design patterns in Java source code for pattern examples
week 9	nov 10		code quality refactoring
week 10	nov 17	project build 2 due (presentations-no lecture)
week 11	nov 24	project build 3 requirements/grading scheme	fault tolerance through exception handling source code for exception examples
week 12	dec 1		Java generics source code for Java generics examples
week 13	dec 2	project build 3 due (presentation)
exam week	dec 3-18	final examination (December 8th 2014, 14h00-17h00, FGC070 -- confirmed)

Course Material and Resources

• Course outline
• SOEN6441 Fall 2014 teams
• ENCS Electronic Student Submission System