Readings and other resources in module order

This page collects together all of the “readings” associated with individual modules.

In this site, readings represent “passive” learning opportunities, as opposed to experiences, which represent “active” learning opportunities. In many courses, readings and experiences together constitute the “assignments”.

Module: ICS 414 Pregame

Assess your laptop

The hardware you need to succeed in software engineering

Introduction to HACC-Hui

The project for ICS 414, Fall 2020.

Meteor Guide: Methods

How to use Methods, Meteor’s remote procedure call system, to write to the database.

Reference

Module: Introduction

Guided tour of the Introduction module

Introducing the introduction.

Screencast

ICS 414 Syllabus

Basic information about the class

Introduction to HACC-Hui

The project for ICS 414, Fall 2020.

Module: Review ICS 314

meteor-application-template-react

Template for quickly starting Meteor development projects.

Screencasts 5 min 15 min 23 min 25 min 10 min

Bowfolios

Illustrates a simple, final project style web application

Screencasts 5 min 14 min 22 min 20 min

AMA: Branden Ogata on Meteor

Branden answers your questions on Meteor from Spring, 2019

Ask Me Anything

Module: Industrial Strength Meteor

Wrapping Mongo Collections

Gaining more control over the Mongo collections

Remove the Meteor insecure package

More security through methods

Read the HACC-Hui Developer's Guide

Please read through the HACC-Hui Developer’s Guide.

HACC-Hui User Stories

The user stories and milestones.

Module: Testing 1

Introduction to testing

Motivation, unit, integration, and acceptance testing, and continuous integration

Screencast 32 min

Introduction to acceptance testing in Bowfolios

How to use TestCafe to test the BowFolio system.

Screencast 25 min

Meteor Guide: Testing

How to test Meteor applications

Mocha: A Javascript Test Framework

Reference guide to Mocha

Chai: A Javascript Assertion Library

Reference guide to Chai

Test Cafe: A Javascript Acceptance Test Framework

Reference guide to TestCafe

The testing pyramid should look more like a crab

It’s time to fully embrace end-to-end (acceptance) testing

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