Outline 02: An Introduction to Software Engineering and SaaS

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Summary

We move forward into the primary topics of the course, considering some issues in software design and the Ruby programming language.

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Overview

Administrivia

I'm going to put you in teams of about three students for the first half of class. Be prepared to move!
Sorry for any confusion about submission and such. I'm still working on mastering a new teaching platform and style and finding time to get everying in place.
- Work that I see gets submitted via email: Journals, Code (after autograder)
- Due dates are in UTC!
There were some concerns about the autograders. We'll consider those during class time.
This week's "transition hiccup": The RSpec files for HW1 did not seem to work under the Ruby and RSpec on Cloud 9. I've forked the assignment files and the new version seems to be working okay.
I misread my schedule for today, and did not have a chance to read all of your homeworks and reflections. I'll work from what I read, and encourage you to also discuss/ask further.

The Semi-Flipped Classroom

What was your experience working in this different model of class?
- Positives?
- Negatives?
What were your experiences with the autograder?
Text? Video? Both? Neither?

Relationships between Plan and Document and Agile?
- Similarities?
- Differences?
Key terms: SaaS, Service-Oriented Architecture, Cloud
- How would you describe each of them to someone who had not heard them before?

We'll first consider some of your programs.

We'll then consider some general issues.

Start looking at HW1 with your partner.