1. Advanced Programing practices
SOEN Advanced Programming Practices
Advanced Programing practices
Introduction to the course
Joey Paquet,

2. Introduction to the Course
SOEN Advanced Programming Practices
Introduction to the Course
Joey Paquet,

3. Introduction to the course: Instructor
SOEN Advanced Programming Practices
Introduction to the course: Instructor
Name: Joey Paquet
Position: Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
Teaching topics: Programming languages, Compiler design, Software engineering and programming methodology
Research topics: Design and implementation of programming languages, Parallel and/or distributed computing, Demand-driven computation, Context-driven computation
Contact information:
Web:
Office: EV 3-221
Joey Paquet,

4. Introduction to the course: Calendar description
SOEN Advanced Programming Practices
Introduction to the course: Calendar description
Problems of writing and managing code. Managing code complexity and quality through a programming process. Coding conventions. Inline software documentation. Software configuration management. Tools and techniques for testing software. Multithreading concurrency. Code reuse in software development. Quality in coding, fault tolerance. A project. Laboratory: two hours per week.
Joey Paquet,

5. Introduction to the course: Rationale
SOEN Advanced Programming Practices
Introduction to the course: Rationale
This course is not a regular “introduction to programming” course.
Regular programming courses teach how to use a particular programming language to implement programs.
This course assumes that the students already know how to program.
Industrial programming makes use of many more tools than the actual programming language.
This course aims at improving the effectiveness of the act of programming.
It is meant to teach various concepts/tools/techniques used in the process of programming.
It aims at enabling students to:
Be more efficient in their programming tasks
Be more effective team workers in software development
Be more aware of quality in software development
This course aims at an audience well-trained in computer programming and putting the newly acquired knowledge into practice through a challenging project.
Joey Paquet,

6. Introduction to the course: Project
SOEN Advanced Programming Practices
Introduction to the course: Project
The project is to be undertaken in small teams (5 members) and consists of the building of a challengingly large and complex Java application.
The completion of the project is divided into two separate components:
(1) the First and Second Intermediate Project Deliveries are intermediate operational builds of the software, effectively demonstrating the full implementation of some important software features;
(2) the Final Project Delivery is the demonstration of the finalized version of your software.
During the project deliveries, you also have to demonstrate that your code includes many of the Java features presented in the lectures.
Joey Paquet,

7. Introduction to the course: Evaluation
SOEN Advanced Programming Practices
Introduction to the course: Evaluation
Individual evaluation components:
Written examinations (midterm, final): 20% + 30% 50%
Team work evaluation components:
Intermediate project delivery 1: 15%
Intermediate project delivery 2: 15%
Final project delivery: %
In order to pass the course, you must satisfy the following constraints:
Total numeric mark >= 50%
Numeric mark for the sum of examination marks >= 50%
Joey Paquet,

8. Introduction to the course: References
SOEN Advanced Programming Practices
Introduction to the course: References
Walter Savitch. Absolute Java. Sixth Edition, Addison-Wesley, ISBN-13:
Walter Savitch. Java: An Introduction to Problem Solving and Programming. 7th Edition, Addison-Wesley, ISBN-13:
Joey Paquet,