About This Course

Goals

There are three deliverables for this course.

Your team project
Your client project
You and your team

The third is what matters in the long run.

Topics

Technologies half-life: 2 years	React, React Native, React Testing Library, Github, Github Actions, Trello, Cypress, ...
Agile half-life: decades	iteration, timeboxes, TDD, velocity, and much more

Other courses have learning goals.

This course has un-learning goals.

Un-Learning Goals

Things to un-learn about team work:

Work on what you know best.
Divide up the work to get the most done.
Work on many things at once.
Assign everyone tasks at the start of each week.
Plan for a big final push.

Un-Learning Goals

Things to un-learn about software development:

Get all the requirements first.
Start with the architecture.
Start with a low-fidelity mockup.
First implement login, then data entry, then ...
Measure progress by time spent, code written.

How the course works

Activities

This is a learn-by-doing class. No exams.

Two projects	Weekly iterations, prototype (not mockup) demo in a week
Individual activities	Technical tutorials, retrospectives

Online Tools

394 web site	Public resources: slides, task descriptions, tutorials, links, ...
Canvas	Class resources: assignments, shared documents, scores, ...
Google Drive	Shared presentations and progress spreadsheets
Piazza	Announcements, discussions, links
394 Github organization	Project repos, team data

Grading

Components

Component	Calculation
Team	75 points × score from team 360° reviews
Individual	25 points × participation on individual assignments and class activities

Team Reviews

Weekly self + team reflections, comments, and scores
Equal emphasis on contribution to development of team and app
Team review based on self reviews and data!
Goal: continuous improvement

Individual Activities

Individual coding tasks, e.g., coding and running unit tests
In-class activities and discussions

Thanks to Hakim El Hattab for RevealJS