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	Piyush Kumar	piyush.pku@gmail.com
lab WW WJ	---J---	15:45-17:35	zoom	Komal Panchal	komal31p@gmail.com
lab WW WK	--W----	20:30-22:20	zoom	Vashisht Marhwal	v_marhwa@live.concordia.ca
marker				Piyush Kumar
marker				Komal Panchal
marker				Vashisht Marhwal

Lecture Schedule

wk	date	event/handout	lecture	lab
week 1	jan 14	[handout] [ video ] project description (handout)	[slides] [ video ] introduction to the course	no lab
week 2	jan 22	team lists due - jan 22	[slides] [ video ] software development process [slides] [ video ] extreme programming	introduction
week 3	jan 28		[slides] [ video ] revision control systems [slides] [ video ] coding conventions	[slides] [ video ] revision control systems [slides] [ video ] continuous integration
week 4	feb 4	[handout] [ video ] project build 1 requirements/grading scheme	[slides] [ video ] API documentation generation tools: Javadoc [slides] [ video ] unit testing frameworks: JUnit JUnit examples from the slides tutorial on JUnit in Eclipse	[slides] [ video ] Javadoc [slides] [ video ] JUnit
week 5	feb 11		[slides] [ video ] [code] model view controller architecture and observer pattern	[slides] [code] [ video ] MVC and observer pattern
week 6	feb 18	midterm examination results	none	none
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	[ handout ] [ video ] project build 2 requirements/grading scheme	[ slides ] [ video ] refactoring [ slides ] [ video ] [ code ] design patterns - state and command pattern source code for pattern examples	[ slides ] [ code ] [ video ] design patterns - state and command
week 9	mar 18		[ slides ] [ video ] [ code ] design patterns - adapter and strategy pattern	[ slides ] [ video ] [ code ] design patterns - strategy and adapter
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	[ slides ] [ video ] [ code ] 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 (apr 29 - 9h00-12h00am - confirmed) results

Course Material and Resources

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