Software Engineering

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Software Engineering

• Administrivia
• September 5, 2001
• Joseph Conron
• Computer Science Department
• New York University
• jconron_at_cs.nyu.edu

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Adminstrivia

• You must be registered in G22-2440-001 to receive
  a grade
• How to reach me jconron_at_cs.nyu.edu
• Office hours Wednesdays 600 650 but PLEASE
  make an appointment!

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Class Mailing List

• All students should register themselves with the
  class list, which is used for all technical
  discussions concerning the course. To register,
  go to the following web page, and follow the
  instructions cs.nyu.edu/mailman/listinfo/g22_244
  0_001_fa01
• You can also subscribe by sending an e-mail
  message to
• Majordomo_at_cs.nyu.edu.
• The contents of the message should be the single
  line
• subscribe g22_2440_001_fa01
• You will be notified in return that you are a
  list participant. Please send all of your
  questions to this list (not to the instructor) so
  that everyone can participate.  

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Computer Accounts

• Students that do not already have a CIMS Sun
  network account should apply for one in either of
  the following two ways
• Fill out a Sun account request form available
  from Don Freda, administrative aide, in the
  department office (room 405) and return it to the
  department office or to Don Freda's mailbox in
  the lobby of Warren Weaver Hall.- OR -
• Send email to csgrad_at_cs with Sun Account Request
  as the subject. In the body of the message, type
  family name, given name, student ID number (SSN
  or assigned NYU SID) and the course number of at
  least one course you have already registered for.
  
• Information on the status of requested accounts
  will be posted on the bulletin board outside WWH.

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Grading

• Homework problems 75
• We will have 5 (perhaps 6) homework assignments
• Weight of each assignment depends on difficulty
• Final Exam 25
• In class
• Open book

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How to hand in AssignmentsLate Assignments

• All homework MUST be handed in as HARD COPY in
  class on the due date. NO EMAIL!
• If you cannot come to class when an assignment
  is due, either have a classmate submit it, or
  MAIL it by US Post to me at NYU. Any
  assignments received by may MUST BE POSTMARKED no
  later than the assignment due date
• All answers must be typewritten. If diagrams are
  required, you may draw them by hand.
• DO NOT COPY your answers verbatim from the book
  (or ANY book for that matter).  You must express
  your answers in YOUR OWN WORDS.
• Homework handed in up to one week late will
  receive a 10 penalty.
• NO credit will be given for ANY assignment
  submitted later than one week from the due date.

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Books

• Required texts
• Object-Oriented Software Engineering Conquering
  Complex and Changing Systems, Bernd Buegge
  Allen H. Dutoit, 2000, Prentice Hall
• Recommended texts
• The following texts are not required for this
  course, but are excellent references for
  Software Engineering, and may be of use to you in
  future research or work.
• Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John
  Vlissides Design Patterns, Addison-Wesley, 1996,
  ISBN 0-201-63361-2
• Ivar Jacobson, M. Christerson, P. Jonsson, G.
  Övergaard, Object-Oriented Software Engineering,
  Addison Wesley, 1992
• Ian Sommerville Software Engineering, 6th
  edition, Addison Wesley 2000
• Shari Lawrence Pfleeger Software Engineering
  Theory and Practice, Second Edition, Prentice
  Hall 2001

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UML Books

• UML Distilled A Brief Guide to the Standard
  Object Modeling Language Martin Fowler, Kendall
  Scott Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series
• The Unified Modeling Language User Guide Grady
  Booch, Ivar Jacobson, James Rumbaugh The
  Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series

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What We Will Cover

•         The Software Life Cycle
•         Modeling with UML
•         Defining requirements
•         Analysis of requirements
•         System design
•         Class design
•         Testing
•         Configuration management
•         Project management

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Prerequisites

• Programming Languages (G22.2110)
• You must understand object oriented programming!
• You must be able to think about software systems
  in the abstract (conceptually)

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Objectives of this course

• Acquire technical knowledge (main focus)
• Understand difference between program and
  software product
• Be able to reconstruct the analysis and design of
  an existing software system
• Be able to design and implement a subsystem that
  will be part of a larger system
• Acquire managerial knowledge
• produce a high quality software system within
  budget time
• while dealing with complexity and change