Computer Science 420 - Spring 2006

last updated April 24, 2006

This page is a course resource for Beth Katz's section of CS 420 which meets Monday (9-10), Wednesday (8-10), and Friday (9-10). Classes are in Roddy 147.

Text

We are using 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)

Major Resources

Assignments

Testing and Verifying Homework (due May 3rd, code here)
Specifications Homework (due April 19th)
You should be doing Sudoku puzzles to understand the problem.
Try out this Word Search Example which has various versions. It will help you learn how to use Java, Eclipse, JUnit, and SWT.

Team Project - Sudoku

The project will be written by 3-4 person teams in Java 1.5 using the Eclipse development environment. The objective here is to apply software development techniques in developing high-quality software. I know that there is source code available online to play this game. That doesn't matter except to show that it is feasible. We are looking at the process of developing the software.

Eclipse and SWT Links

Eck's Online Java Text
Eclipse development environment
Eclipse API documentation (especially swt.widgets)
Univ. of Manitoba tutorials on Eclipse and SWT
How to Write Comments for Javadoc
January 27 Example
January 29 Example
February 17 Shuffler Example
February 20 Mixem Example

Most Useful Resources

Links Related to the Course

Software Engineering Links

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
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

Books

I am referring to many other texts and resources including

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

Eclipse development environment we'll be using
Univ. of Manitoba tutorials on Eclipse and SWT
JUnit: A Cook's Tour
Eck's Online Java Text
SGI's C++ Standard Template Library reference
XML.com

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

Some other Useful Things

Spring 2005 page gives some ideas of what we did last spring.

These are some additional resources you may find useful. It seems to me that if you are really interested in being a computer scientist, the Internet and the World Wide Web would be something you would want to explore.

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