NET in a Software Engineering Course Frameworks

. NET in a Software Engineering Course: Frameworks and Fun Stephen Wong Dung “Zung” Nguyen Ryan Aipperspach Bryan Lipinski James Mc. Dougall Ali Ongun Rice University Generously supported by

Acknowledgements n Microsoft n MS. NET Academic Server n VS. NET for the lab machines and students n Wireless Pocket PCs for each student (with matching fund from Rice) n All the. NET books from Microsoft Press n IBM/Rational n Rational XDE UML diagramming tool via SEED

Comp 410: Software Construction Methodology n Course Description Study of software design for effective implementation and maintenance … n Prerequisites n Data Structures & Algorithms n OOP n 13 students n Sophomores, juniors and seniors n Familiar with OOP/OOD, Design Patterns & UML n Unfamiliar with C#, . NET n Project-driven n Learn by doing n Students take ownership of the project and the course n

Real World Experience Team Programmin g Customer Interactio n High level & vague specs Project Management Distributed Platform-independent Software OOP & Design Patterns Capture Abstraction Manage Complexity C# &. NET Pocket/Tablet PC State-of-the art Technologies

An Object Oriented Project Kristen Nygaard’s Restaurant of Objects

Shopping Mall Simulation n Design Shopping Mall n Mall stores may have any kind of products n Customer demographic data of any kind can be entered n Simulate interactions between mall customers and stores n Dynamic participation of stores over the WEB

Initial Concept Mall Store Client Server Store Client

Project Management Model Group Advanced Research Group User Interface Group Designed system architecture and algorithms Researched and implemented. NET network technologies Worked with the customer and designed the interface

Communication Modes IM Dev. Hood Journals Class web site Persistence Speed Listserv

Modeling Real Life Input Data Spaces Factory Entities

Driving the System

Interaction Baseball Person Examine Chair Throw Attributes Sit Attributes Coke Buy Drink Attributes Watch Buy Attributes

Object Oriented Design Behaviors Entities Spaces Attributes People Items Store Mall

Demo

Networking Network Store Mall Net. Hub Store

The Role of … Integrated Development Environment Real-World Technology Infrastructure for Distributed Computing High Level Entry Points New Programming Language (C#)

Course Schedule High-Level Architecture Design Project Introduction Scheduled Milestones Leadership Establishment Final Development and Testing Communication Development Finalize Requirements Formal Demonstration

It All Adds Up n Life-Size Project n Self-Driven Students n Level Playing Field n External Support

Summary The hands off approach from the professors combined with access to cutting-edge technology allowed us to create a meaningful application while giving us real-world experience. http: //www. exciton. cs. rice. edu/comp 410 Dr. Stephen Wong: swong@rice. edu Dr. Dung Nguyen: dxnguyen@rice. edu