SOEN6441 - winter 2021

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 WW	---J----	17:45-20:15	zoom	Joey Paquet	paquet@encs.concordia.ca
instructor's office hours	--W-----	10:00-12:00	zoom	Joey Paquet
lab WW WI	---J---	20:30-22:20	zoom	TBD
lab WW WJ	---J---	15:45-17:35	zoom	TBD
lab WW WK	--W----	20:30-22:20	zoom	TBD
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Lecture Schedule

wk	date	event	lecture	lab
week 1	jan 14	project description (handout)	introduction to the course & project	no lab
week 2	jan 22	team lists due - jan 22	software development process extreme programming	introduction
week 3	jan 28		*software repositories *coding conventions	*repositories
week 4	feb 4	*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	*Javadoc *JUnit
week 5	feb 11		*model view controller architecture and observer pattern *source code for Observer example using (deprecated) Java Observer/Observable *source code for Observer example	*MVC and observer pattern
week 6	feb 18	*midterm examination results		*no lab
week 7	feb 25	*project build 1 due (feb 25, 26 - presentations) results	*none	*none
midterm break	mar 1- mar 5
week 8	mar 11	*project build 2 requirements/grading scheme (handout)	*refactoring *design patterns in Java *source code for pattern examples	*design patterns - state and adapter
week 9	mar 18	*design patterns - continued	*design patterns - strategy
week 10	mar 25	*project build 2 due (mar 25, 26 - presentations) results	*none	*none
week 11	apr 1	*project build 3 requirements/grading scheme (handout)	*fault tolerance through exception handling *source code for exception examples	*exception handling
week 12	apr 8		*Java generics *source code for Java generics examples	*java generics
week 13	apr 15	*project build 3 due (apr 15, 16- presentations) results	*none	*none
exam week	apr 24 - may 9	final examination (TBD) results

Course Material and Resources

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