SOEN6441 - fall 2018

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 U	---J---	14:45-17:30	GN M 100	Paquet, Joey	paquet@encs.concordia.ca
lecture W	----F--	13:15-16:00	GN M 100	Paquet, Joey	paquet@encs.concordia.ca
office hours	--W-----	10:00-12:00	EV 3.221	Paquet, Joey

Lecture Schedule

wk	date	event	topic
week 1	sept 6,7	project description (handout)	introduction to the course & project
week 2	sept 13,14	team lists due - sept 15	software development process extreme programming
week 3	sept 20,21		software repositories coding conventions
week 4	sept 27,28	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 4,5		model view controller architecture and observer pattern source code for observer example
week 6	oct 11,12	midterm examination (oct 13 - 13h00-15h30 - H435 (names A-Me), H535 (names Mi-Z))	refactoring
week 7	oct 18,19,20	project build 1 due (oct 18,19,20 - presentations - no lecture)
week 8	oct 25,26	project build 2 requirements/grading scheme (handout)	design patterns in Java source code for pattern examples
week 9	nov 1,2	deadline for withdrawal (nov 5)
week 10	nov 8,9,10	project build 2 due (nov 8,9,10 - presentations - no lecture)
week 11	nov 15,16	project build 3 requirements/grading scheme (handout)	fault tolerance through exception handling source code for exception examples
week 12	nov 22,23		Java generics source code for Java generics examples
week 13	nov 29,30, dec 1	project build 3 due (nov 29,30, dec 1 - presentations - no lecture)
exam week	dec 5 - dec 19	[dec 13] final examination (tentative) - dec 13 14:00-17:00, room TBA

Course Material and Resources

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