ICS 314/613, Spring 2022

This page presents the “modules”, or the topics that are covered in this course.

Unless a module is listed as “Coming soon…”, you can click on it to go to a page providing more detail about it.

1. Introduction

Overview of ICS 314, and some simple initial tasks to get oriented and ready for the course.

Tue, Jan 11 - Thu, Jan 13

2. Professional Persona

Concepts of a professional persona and initial steps to build and improve your online professional presence.

Thu, Jan 13 - Fri, Jan 21

3. Javascript 1: Basics

Basic Javascript coding: variables, expressions, conditionals, loops, functions, arrays, objects.

Thu, Jan 13 - Fri, Jan 21

4. Open Source Software

How to participate effectively in open source software development.

Fri, Jan 21 - Fri, Jan 28

5. Javascript 2: Object orientation

Object orientation in modern Javascript: using the class construct.

Fri, Jan 21 - Fri, Jan 28

6. Configuration management

Concepts of configuration management and version control, and how they are implemented using git and GitHub.

Fri, Jan 28 - Fri, Feb 4

7. Javascript 3: Functional programming

Use the underscore library to experience functional programming constructs: map, reduce, filter, every, some, etc.

Fri, Jan 28 - Fri, Feb 4

8. Development Environments

Introduction to Integrated Development Environments and the IntelliJ IDEA IDE.

Fri, Feb 4 - Fri, Feb 11

9. QA Part 1: Coding standards

Incorporate coding standards and ESLint into your use of Javascript, IntelliJ, and GitHub.

Fri, Feb 4 - Fri, Feb 11

10. UI Design (Basics)

Learn to design basic web pages using HTML and CSS.

Fri, Feb 11 - Fri, Feb 18

11. RadGrad

RadGrad: Developing awesome computer scientists, one graduate at a time.

Fri, Feb 11 - Fri, Feb 18

12. UI Design (Frameworks)

Semantic UI is a CSS framework for building cross-browser, responsive user interfaces.

Fri, Feb 18 - Fri, Feb 25

13. UI Design (React)

React provides a component-based UI framework in Javascript.

Fri, Feb 25 - Fri, Mar 4

14. Databases (MongoDB)

Introduction to building MongoDB NoSQL databases.

Fri, Mar 4 - Fri, Mar 11

15. Application Design (Meteor), Part 1

Overview of the Meteor web application framework.

Fri, Mar 4 - Fri, Mar 11

16. Application Design (Meteor), Part 2

Explore three simple templates for multi-user, multi-role, interactive web applications using Meteor, MongoDB, React, Semantic UI, IntelliJ, and GitHub.

Fri, Mar 11 - Fri, Mar 25

17. Application Design (Meteor), Part 3

Learn how to build “Digits”, a multi-user, multi-role, interactive web application using Meteor, MongoDB, React, Semantic UI, IntelliJ, and GitHub.

Fri, Mar 25 - Fri, Apr 8

18. Agile Project Management

Agile process models, team coordination, planning, and issue management.

Fri, Apr 1 - Fri, Apr 8

19. Deployment

Deployment, scalability, testing, documentation.

Fri, Apr 8 - Fri, Apr 15

20. Testing

Designing and implementing simple acceptance tests using TestCafe.

Fri, Apr 15 - Fri, Apr 22

21. Ethics in Software Engineering

Ethics: A group of moral principles or values that define or direct us to the right choice.

Fri, Apr 29 - Wed, May 4

22. Design Patterns

Learn what design patterns are in general, as well as specific examples from your work in this class.

Fri, Apr 22 - Fri, Apr 29

23. Final Project

Demonstrate your ability to integrate all of the material in this course.

Fri, Apr 8 - Wed, May 4

Modules Topics covered in this class