Welcome to
CSE 436 (Fall 2006)

Department of Computer Science
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Washington University in St. Louis


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Message of the day

Final exam from last year is here
Documents are marked up and returned to you here.
Unit Testing
Here are the sections I will evaluate in your SRRD
Resources for Literate Programming:
Upcoming schedule
  • 13 Nov 2006 -- use case demos
  • 16/17 Nov 2006 -- team meetings, prepare for code review
  • 20 Nov 2006 -- team code review, lecture on literate programming
    turn in SRRD for feedback on this day, to be returned to you after Thanksgivng
  • 27 Nov 2006 -- lecture on unit testing, testing frameworks, team status reports
  • 4 Dec 2006 -- Team reports, demos
  • 11 Dec 2006 -- Final class demos
Software you might find useful:
Useful Links (with thanks to Oren Melzer):
Deadlines:
30 October 2006
First demo with stubs as needed
13 November 2006
Second demo with use cases
4 December 2006
Third demo with testing
11 December 2006
Final project demonstration
18 December 2006
All work products (documentation, everything) due


CSE436 is a course on software engineering. While it is primarily a workshop, students are exposed to fundamental software engineering approaches, tools, and disciplines in lecture.

This is a capstone course, meaning that you will draw from all your experiences in other courses to complete the work in this course. As such, this course involves a substantial amount of

It is likely that coming into this class, you are strong at some of the aspects listed above and weak at others. The goal is for you to help others where you have strength, and to strengthen yourself in areas where you are weak, by interaction with the instructor and the other students.

See the CSE 436 Course Description and the CSE 436 Lecture Highlights for more information on what this course is about.

These web pages are used extensively throughout CSE 436. Most information is accessible through the menu bar at the left. Read Navigating the CSE 436 Web Pages to find out what is available. The CSE 436 Home Page (this page) contains the following administrative information.

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  • These web pages are based on, adapted from, and otherwise borrowed with permission from Professor Ken Goldman, who is the designer of this version of CS 101. However, any mistakes on these pages are the fault of the undersigned.

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