Computer Science 420 - Spring 2012

This page is a course resource for David Hutchens's section of CS 420 which meets Tuesday (Roddy 147) and Thursday (Roddy 136), 1:00-2:50.

Text

There is no required textbook for this course.

Fill out this schedule.doc or schedule.pdf by Jan. 27.
Read the ACM / IEEE Computer Society Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibilitites
Write a two page analysis of the situation described in ATaxingSituation.pdf. Submit a word or pdf document by email. Due April 12.
Here are some proof exercises.

Handouts for lecture notes may be found on our Linux machines in ~hutchens420/Handouts.

Eclipse, Java, and Swing Links

Software Engineering Links

June 2011 CACM has two articles - The Risks of Stopping Too Soon by Parnas, p 31. and Specifications and Verification: The Spec# Experience by Barnett, et. al. p 81.
SE Online a reviewed resource center for software engineering (glossary at top)
SWEBOK Software Engineering Body of Knowledge
FAQs of comp.software-eng some questions and answers of software engineering terms
On Agile and Discipline
Extreme Programming: A Gentle Introduction
History of Iterative Development
UML (Unified Modelling Language) and Class Diagrams: Artiso Visual Case and Object Mentor (PDF)
Object Management Group many UML resources
Law of Demeter OOD style guideline
Brad Appleton's design pattern history and resources
Object Mentor's Bowling example of test-derived extreme programming
Risk Management Overview from SEI
Forum On Risks To The Public In Computers And Related Systems current news and archives
Steve McConnell's Software Engineering, Not Computer Science
Joel Spolsky on Functional Specifications (fun reading) Painless Functional Specifications
and some examples of a specification template anyway:
CalPoly Specification Template
Another Template

UML (Unified Modeling Language)

Class Diagrams:
- UML basics: The class diagram by Donald Bell
- Artiso Visual Case
- Object Mentor (PDF)
UML Diagrams:
- Scott Ambler's list (handed out March 3)
- Scott Ambler's less formal description
- Donald Bell's more formal description
- Trace Modeler tool to create them

Design Patterns

Michael Mahemoff's patterns and other great ideas; his book on Ajax Design Patterns
Brad Appleton's design pattern history and resources
Douglas Schmidt's design patterns in context of CS course (case studies)
JavaWorld's design patterns articles (more depth; longer real-world examples; search on pattern name)

Books

I am referring to many texts and resources including

Fundamentals of Software Engineering, 2nd Edition, Ghezzi, Jazayeri, and Mandrioli, Prentice Hall, 2003.
Object-Oriented Software Engineering: Practical Software Development using UML and Java, 2nd edition. Timothy C. Lethbridge and Robert Laganiere. ISBN 0-07-710908-2. (US ISBN 0-07-322034-5)
Balancing Agility and Discipline, Barry Boehm and Richard Turner, Addison-Wesley, 2004. ISBN 0-321-18612-5. You may see snippets of this book at informit.com including the Prelude which is given in its entirety.
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissades (Gang of Four), Addison-Wesley, 1995. ISBN 0-201-633612.
Object-Oriented Design and Patterns, Cay Horstmann, Wiley, 2004. ISBN 0-471-31966-X.

Programming Links

Other Computing Sites

Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
Retrocomputing Museum lots of solid but sometimes bizarre computing history
DeCSS haiku of how to decode a DVD expressed as haiku poetry, but this site provides more background and context