1. Hello World! CSE442

2. Course Summary A semester long group project – You will develop software from idea to implementation You have full freedom to choose your project – Choose something you’re passionate about Informal course descriptions: – “Put everything you’ve been learning to good use” – “Show me something cool”

3. Course Expectations This is not a course on programming! – You have been learning how to write code for years – Now you will apply your programming skills to your own project There will be a lot of self-learning – Being a good software engineer means constantly teaching yourself the topics you need – There is too much for us to teach everything in 4 years of college

4. Grading 12 point system – 3 project submissions @ 2points each – Project presentation – 2 individual snag submissions – 1 individual snag presentation – Make a quality resume – Create a LinkedIn profile

5. Letter Grading PointsCourse Grade 12A 11A- 10B+ 9B 8B- 7C+ 6C 5C- 4D 0-3F

6. No No exams No quizzes No participation grade No homework No recitations

7. No Recitations All recitations are cancelled for this course Use this time to meet with your group at least 1 hour/week I wont always repeat Piazza posts in lecture – You should be checking Piazza regularly

8. More so than most You’ll get out what you put in! Getting an A shouldn’t be very difficult in this course – Getting an A should be your minimum goal – You can get so much more if you choose to

9. Baldy 19 You should all have access to the lab Equipment can be used in the lab – Oculus Rift – Graphics processing machines – Myo Armband – etc. Most of the equipment is still in the mail.. TA office hours will be in Baldy 19

10. Project Scope Projects must be large enough for a group of computer science seniors working for an entire semester Project ideas must be approved by me and I will assess them for this single criteria I encourage you to work outside your comfort zone There is no upper bound on project scope – I will do my best to make it clear what needs to be done to get full credit

11. Project Ideas Many of the suggestions I provided are projects that I’ve wanted to do – Never found the time to complete them – In my experience, this is universally true for anyone with programming experience I am giving you the time – Work on the project you’ve been wanting to do

12. Project Logistics – Forming Groups You have full freedom to choose your own groups – int minimumGroupSize = 3; If you don’t want to choose your group: – I will form groups based on your interests – Interests will be collected via a Google form – Target group size will be 4 – In some cases, I might merge you with an existing group All groups will be finalized by September 12

13. Project Logistics – Forming Groups Use Piazza – I recommend (some of you have) that you pitch your project idea on Piazza to form a group – The goal: All members of your group are passionate about the project Just about guarantees that you’ll all end up with A’s

14. Project Logistics – The Pitch Each group must provide an electronic project pitch by September 18 Sell your project idea to a technical audience – How would you pitch your idea to a VC? The pitch could be: – A pdf outlining your idea – A video – A song? These pitches will be used to advertise the class and your projects

15. Project Logistics – The Submissions 3 Submissions All submission must be of working code – This includes the first submission Each will be a video demo of the software uploaded to YouTube – No supporting documents necessary – No technical details required – The video should sufficiently show what your software does – Videos should be concise If you’re unsure what to post, think KickStarterKickStarter

16. Project Submissions These are rough guidelines for grading – Projects will differ greatly and specific grading criteria may be defined for each project Submission 1 – Demo a prototype that runs and gives an idea of what the final product might look like Submission 2 – A demo of your software showing some functionality that works Submission 3 – A demo of your final product

17. Project Logistics – The Presentation Each group must give a live presentation of their project to the class (10-15 minutes) – Can/should contain a demo of the final software – Explain the technical details of your project Languages, libraries, hardware, etc. Unexpected difficulties encountered Anything else you’d like to share All group member must be present – Not all have to talk Think Hackthon Presentation

18. GitHub We will use the UB-CSE organization to host all projects – Your group will create and maintain your own repo in this organization – Use your own GitHub accounts and you will be added to UB-CSE If you choose not use UB-CSE, let me and the TA’s know where your project is hosted

19. Project Logistics - Summary By the end of the semester you will have – An electronic pitch of your project – 3 videos showing the progress of your software – Original software with real functionality

20. Sang Submissions Brief description of an issue you encountered while working on your project Must describe something specific to your individual effort on the project Should be < 1 page unless more space is needed – A paragraph or 2 can suffice Conversational tone

21. Snag Presentation Present one of your snag submissions to the class < 5 minutes If you present an unresolved issue – This can become a class debug session Individual presentations

22. Resumes Final resumes will be due October 5 – StemUp career fair will be October 7 Resumes must be of high quality to receive credit There will be 2 prior submissions for resumes that you can use for feedback and revisions – Take advantage of them

23. LinkedIn Create and populate a LinkedIn profile by October 5 Grading will not be as strict as it is for resumes – Not all companies use LinkedIn, but they require resumes

24. Day 1 Survey Optional If you haven’t already responded – Do you want to be a Software Engineer?

25. Coming up Wednesday – git and GitHub Friday – Agile and Scrum The rest of the course – Lessons in Software Engineering – Guest Speakers – Presentations by you

26. This is the New CSE442 Enjoy!