INF2-SEPP: Schedule and Materials
For weekly reading, please check the 'Weekly reading' page from the right menu. Weekly reading will be made available for you the Friday the previous week for the whole week. It will correspond to what is mentioned at the end of lecture slides.
| Week#, Dates | Themes | Lectures | Tutorials | Drop-in Labs | Milestones |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1, 13-17 Jan | Getting Started, Introduction to Software Development Processes | Lecture 1 (SE): Overview of the Course Lecture 2 (SE): Lecture 3 (ProP): Introduction to Professional Practice | No tutorial | No lab | |
| 2, 20-24 Jan | Software Requirements | Lecture 4 (SE): Lecture 5 (SE): Lecture 6 (SE): | T1 (ProP): Writing a good argumentative essay Example essay | 3 labs Getting Started in Your Coursework Team Teamwork Resources
| Mon 20 Jan @ 12pm: Start of CW1 (SE part 1) worth 15% Fri 24 Jan @ 12pm: Start of ProP formative cw |
| 3, 27-31 Jan | Software Design, Working with Humans | SE Guest Lecture 1: TBC Lecture 7 (SE): Lecture 8 (ProP): Organisations | T2 (SE): Requirements engineering | 3 labs | |
| 4, 3-7 Feb | Software Design Continued | Lecture 9 (SE): Part 1: Detailed design, Design Principles Part 2: UML Class diagrams Lecture 10 (SE): Lecture 11 (SE): | 3 labs Teamwork Exercises 1 | Wed 5 Feb @ 12:00pm: Deadline for CW1 (SE part 1) worth 15% Fri 7 Feb @ 12pm: Start of CW2 (SE part 2) worth 22% Fri 7 Feb @ 12pm: Deadline for submitting essay for ProP formative cw | |
| 5, 10-14 Feb | Software Design Continued, Intellectual ProPerty | SE Guest Lecture 2: TBC Lecture 12 (SE):
Lecture 13 (ProP): Continuing Organisations Time Permitting: Intellectual Property, Open Source and Software Patents | T3 (SE): Java abstract classes Java interfaces | 3 labs Teamwork Exercises 1 | |
| FLW, 17-21 Feb | Mid-second-semester break in lectures for independent study. No lectures, tutorials or labs. | ||||
| 6, 24-28 Feb | Construction, Functional Safety and Standards | Lecture 14 (SE): Construction- High Quality Code, Object Orientation Lecture 15 (SE): Construction- Version Control and System Building Lecture 16 (ProP): Intellectual Property, Open Source and Software Patents | T4 (SE): Design Patterns |
3 labs | |
| 7, 3-7 Mar | Refactoring, Verification, Validation and Testing | Lecture 17 (SE): Refactoring Lecture 18 (SE): Verification, Validation and Testing SE Guest Lecture 3: TBC | 3 labs | Fri 7 Mar @ 12pm: Deadline for CW2 (SE part 2) worth 22%
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| 8, 10-14 Mar | Verification, Validation and Testing continued, Deployment and Maintenance, Equality and Data Rights | Lecture 19 (SE): Verification, validation and testing: Test automation, test coverage, bug reporting, alternatives to testing Lecture 20 (SE): Software Deployment and Maintenance Lecture 21 (ProP): Equality, Data Protection and Freedom of Information | T5 (SE): Good code, code smells, refactoring | 3 labs Teamwork exercises 2 | Mon 10 Mar @ 12pm: Start of CW3 worth 63% (SE part 3 worth 38% + ProP worth 25%) |
| 9, 17-21 Mar | Construction, testing, deployment & maintenance in different processes. DevOps. Software Development Processes in Detail | Lecture 22 (SE): Part 1: Construction, Testing, Deployment & Maintenance in Different Processes. DevOps (Development + Operations) Part 2: Plan-driven Processes Lecture 23 (SE): SE Guest Lecture 4: TBC | 3 labs | ||
| 10, 24-28 Mar | Quality Attributes | Lecture 24 (SE): Reliability, Availability Lecture 25 (SE): Security and Privacy Lecture 26 (ProP): Standards and Functional Safety | T6 (SE): Testing and test coverage | 3 labs | |
| 11, 31 Mar-4 Apr | 3 labs | ||||
12, 7-11 Apr | Mon 7 Apr @ 12pm: Deadline for CW3 worth 63% (SE part 3 worth 38% + ProP worth 25%) | ||||
Lecture Recordings
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