COSC Software Design Fall 2010

University of Houston - Department of Computer Science

Instructor: Dr. Venkat Subramaniam
Office Hours: Visit following page for details: http://www.cs.uh.edu/~svenkat

Online Info: http://www.cs.uh.edu/~svenkat/classes

Grading: Assignments: 30%, Homeworks: 20%, Midterms 1 & 2: 15% each, Group Project: 20%.

Syllabus (subject to change):

* Introduction and Motivation
* Software System Complexity
* Software Development Activities
* Analysis and Design
* Design Challenges
* Object-oriented paradigm
* Classes, object relationship, Object Model
* UML and usage
* Software Architecture
* Use-case analysis vs. user stories
* Evolutionary Design
* Bad Design smells
* Good Design Characteristics
* Design Metrics
* Object-Oriented Design Principles
* Design Patterns and Appropriate use
* Test Driven Development
* Refactoring
* Measuring Quality of Design

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About the Instructor: Dr. Venkat Subramaniam, founder of Agile Developer, Inc.,
has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, 
Europe, and Asia. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with 
agile practices on their software projects. He is a frequently invited speaker 
at international software conferences and user groups. He's author of the book
.NET Gotchas (O'Reilly), coauthor of the 2007 Jolt Productivity award-winning 
book Practices of an Agile Developer (Pragmatic Bookshelf), author of 
Programming Groovy (Pragmatic Bookshelf), and author of Programming Scala
(Pragmatic Bookshelf). Venkat is also an Instructional Assistant Professor 
at University of Houston.