CSC 509 Course Syllabus

CSC 509: Software Engineering II

Instructor

Gene Fisher (gfisher@thyme.csc.calpoly.edu)
Office: 14-210
Office Hours: MF 1-2PM, W 12-1PM, Tu 9-11AM

Course Objectives

to construct an integrated, graphical, mixed-language, multi-platform software development environment for use by undergraduate software engineering students
to gain in-depth knowledge about all phases of the software engineering process in so doing

Course Materials

Course materials consist of the following:

Textbooks:

Core Java 2, Volume 1: Fundamentals, by Horstmann and Cornell, ISBN 0130819336.

Core Java Foundation Classes, by Topley and Horstmann, ISBN 0130803014.

To order books, goto http://dollard.org/~kdollard/amazon and enter the ISBN for the book.

Lecture notes and other handouts, passed out in class.

The 508 requirements specification, available online in the master class account on kdat at ~gfisher/projects/work/inferno/requirements.

Other online examples, available in the master class account on kdat, ~gfisher/509. Subdirectories include:

lectures -- online version of the course lecture notes

handouts -- online version of the handouts

examples -- project examples, excerpts of which will be handed out in class

doc -- documentation on the tools used in 508

bin -- directory or executable tools

Activities

CSC 509 is the second in a two-quarter sequence during which we will analyze, specify, design, implement, and test, a software development environment (SDE) for use by CSC 205/206 students. In the first quarter of work (CSC 508), we focused on requirements analysis and specification, of the proposed SDE. In the second quarter (CSC 509), we will design, implement, and functionally test the SDE.

Depending on class interests, we will work in project groups of varying sizes, typically around three people per group. People continuing from CSC 508 may continue to work on the tools they specified, or move to another area.

Design Project Milestones

Review, inspection test, and prioritize 508 requirements specification; develop initial SCOs.

Derive subsystem designs and design inter-subsystem communication (design steps A and B).

Refine subsystem designs data and control (design steps C through G)

Implement model and view components

Refine process components of the design

Implement process components.

Grading
If you do a reasonable amount of work and participate in class discussions, you will receive an A. If you do a mediocre amount of work but contribute some, you will receive a B. If you do not do much work at all, you will receive a C. If you do no work whatsoever, you will receive an F. Computer Work
We will be using the HP cobra and garden clusters, galaxy/phoenix, and kdat.

Lecture and Exam Schedule
The first two weeks will be a review of the 206/509 design process. Week 3 will be an introduction to the InterViews GUI toolkit. Subsequent lectures will consists of project group meetings, design discussions, and formal design reviews. There are no formal examinations in the class.