Lecture #1 - Introduction

Web Resources:

Office Hours: Instructor & TAs

Content:

1. Structure of handouts directories, notices page, office hours page
2. What is a program? What is an architecture? What is design?
3. The Syllabus describes topics to be covered, reading material for you to digest before coming to class, and due dates for the assigned projects.
4. Projects
   
   • Projects #1 and #3 develop Operational Concept Documents for programs we will implement in Projects #2 and #4.
     Project #5 develops an Operational Concept Document for a large, complex, and interesting system.
   • All code will be developed using C# and the .Net Framework Class Library.
   • How will your submissions be evaluated?
     
5. Software Architecture and the Operational Concept Document (OCD)
   
6. Operational Concept Document (OCD) Survival Guide
   
7. Example OCDs prepared by students in previous classes:
   • OCDsample1.doc
     Excellent discussion of critical issues.
   • OCDsample2.doc
     Fine discussion of the program architecture.
   • OCDsample3.doc
     Good discussion of Use Cases.
8. UML Notation
   The Universal Modeling Language is used to describe software with means other than code.
9. C# Tutorials
   1. C# Station
      
   2. CSharp Computing
      
   3. Univ of Linz
      
   4. Jaggersoft
      
   5. C# Samples from Microsoft
      
10. Lecture #1 folder: The Lecture folders will occasionally hold physical files of interest. Usually, however, all the materials of interest to the class are in the presentations and code folders. The contents of these folders will grow as you progress through the course.