SOEN6441 - fall 2014

Course Description

SOEN 6441 - Advanced programming practices (4 credits)

Problems of writing and managing code. Managing complexity: programming process. Pragmatic Programming. Coding conventions, software documentation. Software configuration management. Advanced debugging techniques: program tracing, dynamic inspection and tools. Testing: coding techniques for testing software. Multithreading concurrency and distributed programming. Multi-language programming. A project. Laboratory: two hours per week. Note: Students who have received credit for COMP 6441 may not take this course for credit.

Course Schedule and Contacts

component	day	time	location	instructor	e-mail address	web page
lecture U	M------	14:45-17:30	H-431	Paquet, J.	paquet@encs.concordia.ca
office hours D	--W-—--	11:00-13:00	EV-3-221	Paquet, J.
lab hours UI	M------	12:45-14:35	H-929	TBA
lab hours UJ	-T-----	17:45-19:35	H-929	Ricci, D.	da_ricci@encs.concordia.ca

Lecture Schedule

wk	date	event	topics (tentative)
week 1	sep 8		introduction to the course & project
week 2	sep 15	[sep 19] team lists due project description	[[extreme programming]] [[incremental models|incremental software development]] [[agile software development|agile vs predictive methods]]
week 3	sep 22		Software repositories [[implementation|coding style and standards]] [[Media:java_doc.ppt|inline documentation tools: javadoc]]
week 4	oct 29	[[Media:Build1Grading.SOEN6441.2011.2.pdf|Project build 1 requirements/grading scheme (to be updated!)]]	[[Media:JUnit_eclipse.ppt|Using JUnit in Eclipse]] [[Media:JUnitTutorial.zip|Tutorial on JUnit in Eclipse]]
week 5	oct 6		[[Media:Design patterns java.ppt|Design patterns in Java]]
	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 presentations schedule SOEN6411 Fall 2011|project build 1 due (presentations-no lecture)(to be updated!)]]
week 8	nov 3	[[Media:Build2Grading.SOEN6441.2011.2.pdf|Project build 2 requirements/grading scheme (to be updated!)]]	[[fault tolerance through exception handling]]
week 9	nov 10		[[Media:QualityInCoding1.ppt|Quality in coding]] [[Media:Refactoring.ppt|Refactoring]]
week 10	nov 17	[[Project build 2 presentations schedule SOEN6441 Fall 2011|project build 2 due (presentations-no lecture)(to be updated!)]]
week 11	nov 24	[[Media:Build3Grading.SOEN6441.2011.2.pdf|Project build 3 requirements/grading scheme]]	[[Media:SOEN6441.generics.ppt|Java Generics]]
week 12	dec 1		[[Media:Multithreading2.ppt|Multithreading in Java]] Multithreading tutorial
week 13	dec 8	[[Project final build presentations schedule SOEN6441 Fall 2011|project build 3 due (presentation)(to be updated!)]]
exam week	dec 3-18	final examination (TBD)

Course Material and Resources

• Course outline
• ENCS Electronic Student Submission System