CPSC 680-010 Software Engineering Methodologies (SEM) Fall 2023

Week 1 Class 1 Tue Aug 29 Posted: Aug 29

After Class

Our Second Class Meeting on Thursday, Aug 31 will also be online through Microsoft Teams.

We will return to the classroom starting next week.

Special Announcement

Our First Class Meeting on Tuesday, Aug 29 will be online through Microsoft Teams.

I am in Isolation for COVID and cannot come onto campus.

You can participate from anywhere, or even from the classroom.

Announcements

• Syllabus
• GitHub We use GitHub and GitHub Classroom in the class to manage source code for projects, exercises, and examples. You are required to have a GitHub account. The account email (not necessarily the account name) should be your @uakron.edu email address. If it is, you can apply for the Student Github Developer Pack and get a free GitHub Pro account. You will need your GitHub account for Thursday's class.

• O'Reilly Online Learning The course textbooks are available in O'Reilly Online Learning.

  You do not have to be on the campus network (e.g., via VPN) to access O'Reilly Online Learning.

  To access content, click the "Institution not listed?" link below the dropdown and enter your UA email. You will then create an account and use that account from now on.

  For more information: Library LibGuide

Exercises

• Exercise 1: Write up to a one-page paper introducting yourself to me and the rest of the students:

  • Previous courses related to Software Engineering
  • Previous exposure to the term/practice of "Software Evolution"
  • Any previous experience related to software development or software engineering
  • SE skills: languages, toolkits, version control, CI/CD tools (e.g., Docker), build tools, e.g., Makefile, CMake

  Submit a PDF through Brightspace.

• Notes: Introduction

• Notes: Process

• For next class: Read the article "Changing the Paradigm of Software Engineering" by Václav Rajlich

All exercises are due by 3 pm on Wed Aug 30