COMP303_Winter2022

General Information


Instructor	Jin Guo
Live Lecture Date and Time	MW 11:35 pm - 12:55 pm (remote through Zoom)
Lecture Link and Recordings	myCourses
Q&A and Discussion Forum	Ed discussion (access through myCourses)

TA Office Hours (Zoom link on MyCourses. Booking link here)

Time	TA
Mon 10 - 11am	Deeksha Arya
Mon 2:30 - 3:30pm	Yechuan (Violet) Shi
Tue 9 - 10am	Beyza Yildirim
Tue 10 - 11am	Xiding (Shawn) Hu
Tue 11am - 12pm	Guanhua (Peter) Rong
Wed 10 - 11am	Xinran Xiong
Wed 3:30 - 4:30pm	Béatrice Duval
Thu 9 - 10am	Avinash Bhat
Thu 3:30 - 4:30pm	Linhui(Malinda) Huang
Fri 9 - 10am	Jiahao Chen
Fri 11am - 12pm	Zhen Hao (Anthony) Ong

Description

This course provides an in-depth introduction to the discipline of software design for building realistic and high-quality software applications. It will focus on object-oriented programming techniques, and cover topics related to managing software complexity and verifying that they work as expected. It will use Java for all the code examples and assignments. However, the considerations during the design process apply in all languages for practical software development.

Expected Outcome

After completing this course successful students should be able to:

Properly explain and apply general Design Principles (separation of concerns, encapsulation, substitutability, interface segregation, etc.) and important Design patterns;
Properly explain and apply design techniques such as UML Diagrams and Design by Contract;
Effective use programming language mechanisms such as exception handling and reflection;
Analyze and evaluate the quality of design solutions; correctly identify design smells and apply appropriate refactoring to eliminate them;
Gain experience on software development tools such as modern IDEs, automatic documentation and testing tools, and version control system.

Reference Material

Required Textbook:
- Introduction to Software Design with Java (referred to as SD in the schedule). The electronic version of this book is free for McGill users with library access. For those who optionally want a print version, the Paragraph Bookstore will stock a limited number of copies;
- Companion Website for source code, exercises, and solutions.
- Casdoc Tool. Chapter and solution code from the textbook companion website with extra in-line annotations of examples and explanations.
Other Recommended References:
- The Pragmatic Programmer (referred to as PP), by David Thomas, Andrew Hunt, Addison-Wesley Professional;
- Effective Java (referred to as EJ), by Joshua Bloch, Addison-Wesley Professional.
Sample Projects:
- Inclass demos;
- Minesweeper;
- Solitaire.
Diagramming Tool (and Sample Project):
- JetUML

Prerequisites

COMP 206 and COMP 250. Please also perform the self assessment within the first week of the class to determine if you are ready to take this course.

Assessment and Evaluation (Tentative):

Subject to minor adjustments

Assessment Method	Weight
Survey and Quiz	10%
Assignments	60% -- 10(A1)+10(A2)+10(A3)+(10)A4+20(A5)
Lab Test	30% -- 10(L1)+10(L2)+10(L3)

Due to the remote teaching complication, I won't require you to attend the live lectures even though it is highly recommended. If you are not able to attend the live lectures, please make sure to follow the recordings afterward and complete the quizzes that constitute your Survey and Quiz grade.
Our TA will try their best to support your learning. But considering this is a big class – many of you will have similar questions or concerns and many of you have will answers to other people’s questions, we encourage you to discuss your questions about the lectures and exercises online;
Every module of the lecture will come with exercises provided by the textbook. Those are for your practice and will not be graded. Instead, your practical skills will be evaluated through a series of design assignments and lab tests throughout the semester.
We plan to have five assignments throughout the semester. The first three assignments will map to different modules of the textbook, and the last one will be a final integration activity covering the entire course.
The lab tests complement the assignments and will be in person. During each lab test, you will be asked to complete a series of tasks given by our TAs. You are responsible to book the slot of each lab test in advance with the TAs.
Any form of plagiarism, cheating is strictly banned throughout the semester. Integrity is crucial to this course and your future career. Any violation against academic integrity will be taken very seriously. For more information, please refer here.
Late policy for assignments: a 20% penalty each day with a maximum of two days. No submission is accepted after that. Most assignments are built on previous ones, so making the deadline is critical for carrying on the progress of this course.

Schedule (Tentative)