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Lectures are Tuesday and Thursday on the dates listed below. Slides are posted before each lecture, linked from the lecture title. Readings live on the unit pages, linked from the Unit column.
Lab blocks run Friday to Thursday, starting Friday September 11 (week 1). Each assignment is due at the start of your next lab, which is one week later for every section. The full lab policy is in the Syllabus.
📌 At a glance
| Due | Date | What |
|---|---|---|
| D1 | Fri 25 Sep, 18:00 | Drop in a feature (solo) |
| D2 | Fri 16 Oct, 18:00 | Make it evolvable (solo) |
| Midterm | Thu 29 Oct, 19:00–21:00 | In person, paper. Covers through Thu 22 Oct |
| Pairs form | During the Oct 16–22 lab | Register with your TA, same lab section |
| D3 | Fri 6 Nov, 18:00 | Design v3 (pairs) |
| D4 | Fri 27 Nov, 18:00 | Build it (pairs) |
| Final | Fri 18 Dec, 12:00 | 2.5 hours, cumulative |
🗓️ Week by week
Dates and topics subject to change!
| Wk | Dates | Readings | Lectures | Lab | Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 8, 10 | Unit 1 · Introduction | (no Tuesday class) · Introduction | Lab 1 — Onboarding (Sep 11–17) | — |
| 2 | Sep 15, 17 | Cost of Change · Change Difficulty · Design Principles | Coupling · Cohesion | Lab 2 — coupling & cohesion (Sep 18–24) | — |
| 3 | Sep 22, 24 | Refactoring · Testability | Refactoring · Testability | Lab 3 — refactoring & testability (Sep 25–Oct 1) ⚠ Wed Sep 30 | D1 Fri Sep 25 |
| 4 | Sep 29, Oct 1 | Testability · Design Principles | Test Doubles, DIP & LSP · Test Robustness | Lab 4 — testability, dip, lsp (Oct 2–8) | — |
| 5 | Oct 6, 8 | Unit 2 · Design Patterns | Patterns: Intro & Adapter · Patterns: Composite & Decorator | Lab 5 — design patterns (Oct 9–15) ⚠ Mon Oct 12 | — |
| 6 | Oct 13, 15 | Design Patterns · Boundaries | Patterns: State · Boundaries | Lab 6 — Code Analysis & Boundaries (Oct 16–22) | D2 Fri Oct 16 |
| 7 | Oct 20, 22 | API Design · Versioning · REST | API Design & Evolution · REST API Design | Lab 7 — Check-in #1 api design & versioning, practice midterm (Oct 23–29) | — |
| 8 | Oct 27, 29 | — | Midterm review · (no Thursday class) | Check-in #2 & Project time (Oct 30–Nov 5) | Midterm Thu Oct 29 |
| 9 | Nov 3, 5 | API Design · REST | REST API Design (Cont.) · Modelling & Specification | No lab — fall break (Nov 9–11) | D3 Fri Nov 6 |
| 10 | Nov 10, 12 | (no Tuesday class) · Modelling: Scenarios | Lab 8 — Check-in #3, requirements & constraints (Nov 13–19) | — | |
| 11 | Nov 17, 19 | Modeling · Architecture | Lab 9 — Check-in #4, specification (Nov 20–26) | — | |
| 12 | Nov 24, 26 | Unit 4 | Security I · Security II | Lab 10 — process & metrics (Nov 27–Dec 3) | D4 Fri Nov 27 |
| 13 | Dec 1, 3 | Process & Ethics · AI in SE & Final Review | — | — |
⚠ Labs are cancelled on Wednesday September 30th and Monday October 12th. You may attend any other lab section if your section is cancelled. Lab assignments are still due by your next regularly scheduled lab.