Week

Lec.

Date

Topic

Reading

Assigned

Due (5pm)

1

Jan
17

Jan
19

 "Crisis"

2

 2

Jan
24

3

Jan
26

Agile processes: Extreme Programming

[XP][XPDemystified][XPCosts]

3

4

Jan
31

Requirements and Specifications

5

Feb
2

Unified Modeling Language

[PracticalUML]

4

6

Feb
7

Design Patterns

[Gamma]

7

Feb
9

Version Control

[PRCS][CVS]

5

8

Feb 14

Testing Practice

[Mistake][Hard]

9

Feb
16

Presentations

6

10

Feb
21

[Coverage]

11

Feb
23

Testing Techniques (continued)

[Mutation][TestGen][Unix]

7

12

Feb
28

Debugging

13

Mar
2

Delta Debugging,  (powerpoint)

[Zeller][Delta]

8

14

Mar
7

Runtime Monitoring

[Purify][PurifyCompare]

15

Mar
9

Runtime Monitoring for Data Races

[SFI, Eraser]

9

16

Mar
14

Type Checking

17

Mar 16

Static Analysis

 [Splint]

11

18

Mar 28

Handling Exceptional Conditions

19

Mar 30

 Memory management

12

20

Apr 4

Prototypes & Reuse

Apr 6

Open Source

 Cathedral and the Bazaar

13

21

Apr 11

Presentations (design)

22

Apr 13

Presentations (design)

14

23

Apr 18

Midterm (in class)

24

Apr 20

How To Write Secure Code

15

25

Apr 25

26

Apr 27

Web Scaling

16

27

May 2

Finish Web scaling

 28

May 4

Wrap Up: Lessons Learned

May 9