Course Schedule, CS A470

Date			Topic	Reading	Wk	Additional Reading Notes
T/R	Jan	13,15	Course Overview, Project Descriptions, Project Lifecycle Proposal Design, Document Writing	McConnell, Chap 1-4	1	Planning: pdf, ppt Requirements, Design, Proposal: pdf, ppt Security Sins: pdf, ppt Top 25 Security Errors: pdf, pptx Sample Proposal/Requirements/Design Document: Word, pdf. Video: Lecture 1
T/R	Jan	20,22	Mon, Jan 19: MLK Holiday UI Design	McConnell, Chap 5-6 Johnson Chap 1-3	2	UI.  Yale Design Manual GUI Bloopers 1-2: pdf, pptx Video: Lecture 2, Lecture 3
T/R	Jan	27/29	GUI Design	Johnson: Chap 4-6	3	GUI Bloopers 3-4: pdf, pptx GUI Bloopers 5, Yale Design: pdf, pptx Video: Lecture 4, Lecture 5
T/R	Feb	3/5	GUI Design Presentation Skills	Johnson: Chap 7-8	4	Sample presentation: ppt, pdf Successful presentations Slides: ppt, pdf GUI Bloopers 6: pdf, pptx Video: Lecture 6, Lecture 7
T/R	Feb	10,12	Proposal Presentations	.	5	GUI Bloopers 7-8: pdf, pptx Designing Classes: pdf, pptx Proposal Presentations 2/12: Chris Ochap (classroom view, screen capture), Jazon Burnell (classroom view, screen capture) Video: Lecture 7
T/R	Feb	17,19	Proposal Presentations Coding Practices: Classes, Routines, Defensive Programming Coding Practices: Variables, Naming, General use, Data Types	McConnell: Chap  7-8, 10-13	6	Proposal Presentations 2/17: Ian Roskam (classroom view), Dmitry Korobov (screen capture, classroom view), Michael Burnham (screen capture, classroom view) Proposal Presentations 2/19: Shawn Rivera & Matt Rykaczewski (screen capture, classroom view), Julian Bertmaring (screen capture, classroom view), Collin Schroeder (screen capture, classroom view)
T/R	Feb	24,26	Coding Practices: Organizing Code, Conditionals, Loops, Layout, Construction Coding Practices: Software Quality, Code Inspections, Debugging	McConnell Chap 14-19, 20-23	7	Routines/Defensive Programming: pdf, ppt. Variables, Naming: pdf, ppt. Video: Lecture 8, Lecture 9
T/R	Mar	3,5	ETS Field Test Exam - Tuesday 4-6PM in Lower CS Lab No class on Thursday, March 5	.	8	.
T/R	Mar	10,12	Spring Break	.	9	.
T/R	Mar	17,19	Breaking Software Code Tuning Code Inspection Walkthrough	McConnell: Chap 25-26	10	Coding 2: pdf, ppt Inspections: ppt, pdf Video: Lecture 10, Lecture 11
T/R	Mar	24,26	Heuristic Evaluation, Testing Code Inspections	.	11	Heuristic Evaluation: ppt, pdf Tablet IRC executable (Vista or XP Tablet) How to break software: pdf, ppt Inspections 3/26: Chris Ochap (GUI eval in class), Jazon Burnell (GUI eval in class)
T/R	Mar/Apr	31,2	Code Inspections	.	12	Heuristic Evaluation: Blank Defect Log Sheet C++ Inspection Checklist Java Inspection Checklist Inspections 3/31: Ian Roskam (code), Dmitry Korobov (GUI eval in class), Michael Burnham (code, zip of all code for reference) Inspections 4/2: Shawn Rivera/Matt Rykaczewski (code), Julian Bertmaring, Collin Schroeder (code)
T/R	Apr	7,9	Presentation Tips, Reminders	.	13	CS Tips: pdf, ppt Ethics: pdf, ppt Sample final presentation: basinvis-finalpres.ppt Sample final writeup: word, pdf Video: Lecture 12, Lecture 13
T/R	Apr	14,16	Final Presentations	.	14	Tuesday, April 14 4:00 PM - Jazon Burnell (CS 395) 4:15 PM - Jazon Burnell (CS 470) 4:30 PM - Chris Ochap (CS 470) 4:45 PM - Ian Roskam (CS 470) 5:00 PM - Dmitry Korobov (CS 470) 5:15 PM - Dmitry Korobov (CS 395) Thursday, April 16 4:00 PM - Russell Waggoner (CS 395) 4:15 PM - Collin Schroeder (CS 395) 4:30 PM - Collin Schroeder (CS 470) 4:45 PM - Shawn Rivera/Matt Rykaczewski (CS 470) 5:00 PM - Mike Burnham (CS 470)
T/R	Apr	21,23	Demos	.	15	Tuesday, April 21 Jazon Burnell, Chris Ochap, Ian Roskam, Dmitry Korobov Thursday, April 23 Collin Schroeder, Shawn Rivera/Matt Rykaczewski, Mike Burnham
T	Apr	28	Final Exam Week		Finals Week	No Final Exam