Detailed Course Schedule

This schedule is tentative! Each topic links to a PDF with slides, once available.

	Date	Topic	Assigned	Due
Week 1
Tu	9/10	Introduction, Javascript SW development, SaaS, “agile” processes, learning a new language	Getting Started Background Survey
Th	9/12	Javascript, cont. Event loop, closures, functional programming, common syntactic sugar Suggested Reading	P1: Javascript Programming Assignment 1
Week 2
Tu	9/17	Testing, TDD, Static Analysis Unit, integration, end-to-end tests, Jest, linting with ESLint Suggested Reading	P2: Testing
Th	9/19	Introduction to React React, props and callbacks, color picker examples Suggested Reading	P3: React Page Programming Assignment 2	P1: Javascript Programming Assignment 1
Week 3
Tu	9/24	React components Presentation/container components, hooks Suggested Reading		P2: Testing
Th	9/26	React testing, NextJS Front-end testing, Testing library, Promises, async/await Suggested Reading	P4: React Testing Programming Assignment 3	P3: React Page Programming Assignment 2
Week 4
Tu	10/1	Consuming REST APIs HTTP, REST APIs, AJAX, Promises, useEffect Hook Suggested Reading	P5: Fetch Project Proposal
Th	10/3	Behavioral testing, User stories, Lo-fi Mockups BDD, INVEST user stories, Cucumber-like behavioral testing, UI design strategies	Programming Assignment 4	P4: React Testing Programming Assignment 3
Week 5
Tu	10/8	Version control, CI/CD, deployment and DevOps Git workflows, CI/CD, introduction to DevOps Suggested Reading	P6: Deployment	P5: Fetch
Th	10/10	Agile development processes agile and scrum video working as a team video Scrum, point estimation, pair programming, workflows	Project Preferences	Programming Assignment 4
Fr	10/11	⚠️ Friday Due Date ⚠️ Project Preferences
Week 6
Tu	10/15	Sprint 0 planning project proposals		P6: Deployment
Th	10/17	Servers, Creating REST APIs, Models (M in MVC) NextJS API routes, Middleware and AOP, OO modeling with CRC cards	P7: Server
Fr	10/18	⚠️ Friday Due Date ⚠️ Sprint 0 Deliverables
Week 7
Tu	10/22	Sprint 1 planning
Th	10/24	Databases, Models, Associations, RDBMS SQL vs. NoSQL, Schema, Migrations, ORM	P8: RDBMS	P7: Server
Fr	10/25	⚠️ Final Due Date for Practicals and Assignments ⚠️ P1: Javascript P2: Testing P3: React Page P4: React Testing P5: Fetch P6: Deployment Programming Assignment 1 Programming Assignment 2 Programming Assignment 3 Programming Assignment 4
Week 8
Tu	10/29	RDBMS, ORM (cont.)
Th	10/31	Deployment, Monitoring, Performance DevOps, *aaS, Performance metrics, Indexes, caching and other optimizations	P9: CSS frameworks	P8: RDBMS
Week 9
Tu	11/5	Sprint 1 Demo, Sprint 1 Retrospective, Sprint 2 planning
We-Fr	11/6 - 11/8	Take-Home Exam
Th	11/7	Authentication (authn) and Authorization (authz) 3rd party authn/z, Google single-sign on, basic security practices	P10: Authentication	P9: CSS frameworks
Week 10
Tu	11/12	Code hygiene, Refactoring, Legacy code SOFA, Code metrics, Exploring legacy codebases, Characterization testing
Th	11/14	Design patterns, SOLID Design patterns, “Gang of Four” patterns, SOLID principles for OOP		P10: Authentication
Week 11
Tu	11/19	Sprint 2 Demo, Sprint 2 Retrospective, Sprint 3 planning
Th	11/21	SW development case study
Week 12
Tu	12/3	Responsible developer?
Th	12/5	Wrap-up
Week 13
Mo	12/9	⚠️ Final Due Date for Practicals and Assignments ⚠️ P7: Server P8: RDBMS P9: CSS frameworks P10: Authentication
We-Fr	11/11 - 11/13	Optional Take-Home Retest
Th	12/12	Final Project Deliverables
Sat	12/14	Final Project Presentations! 9AM-12PM (section A) and 7PM-10PM (section B)