Selected topics in software construction

Course description

A collection of selected articles and book chapters concerning software construction will be presented by the teachers. Additionally, the students will themselves select and present articles within the subject matter. Development of software will be presented with focus on the areas: design, implementation, and testing. The following topics will be discussed:

• design patterns
• development process models
• programming psychology
• programming style
• refactoring
• software testing
• software tools.

Course team

• Claus Jensen e-mail: surf@diku.dk
• Jyrki Katajainen e-mail: jyrki@diku.dk (course manager)
• Lars Yde e-mail: larsyde@gmail.com

Lectures

• Tuesday from 9.00 to 11.00 in X at DIKU
• Friday from 9.00 to 11.00 in X at DIKU
• First lecture on February 5th.

Study credit

• 7.5 ECTS (non-report documented)

To get the credit

• one must do all four assignments and
• take the oral exam.

Grades

Grades will be given according to grade points achieved by each student. It is possible to obtain grade points as follows:

• Presentation assignment: 10 points
• Review assignment: 10 points
• Testing assignment: 0-20 points
• Survey assignment: 0-30 points
• Oral exam: 0-30 points

Grade points are converted into grades according to the following table:

Other information

• First announcement [txt]
• Course in Quarter 3, 2008 [home page]
• The Performance Engineering Laboratory [home page]
• The CPH STL [home page]