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CSE442

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”

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

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

Letter GradingPoints Course Grade

12 A

11 A-

10 B+

9 B

8 B-

7 C+

6 C

5 C-

4 D

0-3 F

No

• No exams• No quizzes• No participation grade• No homework• No recitations

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 KickStarter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Day 1 Survey

• Optional• If you haven’t already responded– Do you want to be a Software Engineer?

Coming up

• Wednesday– git and GitHub

• Friday– Agile and Scrum

• The rest of the course– Lessons in Software Engineering– Guest Speakers– Presentations by you

This is the New CSE442

Enjoy!