UMass Lowell Dept. of Computer Science

COMP 4620 — GUI Programming II

Spring 2016 Semester, Section 201

Prof. Jesse M. Heines

Class Notes

Class videos will be posted about two hours after each class at:  http://echo360.uml.edu/heines2016/comp4620-201.html

Textbook Abbreviations


Next and Past Classes  

(in reverse order by date)
No. Class Date Reading Class Topic
 Apr 29  
Academic Calendar Note:  Last day of Spring 2016 semester classes and last day for students to complete work for incomplete Fall 2015 courses (professors must file grades by this date)
27Apr 28   Final Project Presentations (Group 3) and Course Wrap-Up
     
Note:  Last class meeting — everything must be handed in by midnight tomorrow
26Apr 26   Final Project Presentations (Group 2)
 Apr 22  
Academic Calendar Note:  Monday Class Schedule
25Apr 21   Final Project Presentations (Group 1)
24Apr 19   Class Devoted to Team Work on Final Submissions
     
Academic Calendar Note:  Faculty advising period for the Fall 2016 semester ends
Last day for seniors who anticipate graduating by December 2016 to file “Completion of Degree Requirements” forms, also known as “Declaration of Intent to Graduate” (DIG) forms
 Apr 18  
Academic Calendar Note:  Patriots’ Day — University Closed
23Apr 14   Class Devoted to Team Work on Final Submissions
22Apr 12   Debriefing on Usability Tests and Work on Test Reports
     
Academic Calendar Note:  Student registration begins for Fall 2016 semester courses via SiS student self-service based on enrollment appointments
21Apr 7   Semester Project Usability Tests
 Apr 6  
Academic Calendar Note:  Last day for students to withdraw from courses with a grade of “W”
20Apr 5   Class Devoted to Team Work Preparing for Usability Tests
 Apr 4  
Academic Calendar Note:  Faculty advising period for the Fall 2016 semester begins
19Mar 31 Usability Test Report
Template
  Review of Documents Needed for Usability Tests and Team Work on Semester Projects
18Mar 29   Debriefings on Peer Code Reviews and Team Work on Semester Projects
17Mar 24 Handouts  Peer Code Reviews
16Mar 22 Handouts  Debriefings on Usability Tests and Alpha Presentations and Introduction to Code Reviews
 Mar 18  
Academic Calendar Note:  Spring Break Ends
 Mar 14  
Academic Calendar Note:  Spring Break Begins — No Classes This Week
15Mar 10   Project Alpha Presentations
14Mar 8   Project Alpha Presentations
13Mar 3 Handouts and
GetMEAN: Chap. 6
  Review of In-Class Usability Tests and Continuing with MongoDB
12Mar 1   In-Class Usability Tests
     
Note:  You will run this class on your own because Prof. Heines will be away at a conference.
11Feb 25 Handouts and
GetMEAN: Chap. 6
  Introduction to Usability Testing and Using MongoDB
10Feb 23 GetMEAN: Chap. 5  Introduction to Assignment No. 2 and Using MongoDB with Your Projects (continued)
9Feb 18 GetMEAN: Chap. 5  Kate Carcia Visit and Introduction to Using MongoDB with Your Projects
 Feb 16  
Academic Calendar Note:  Monday Class Schedule — this class will not meet
 Feb 15  
Academic Calendar Note:  Presidents’ Day — University Closed
8Feb 11 GetMEAN: Chap. 4  Moving Data Out of Views and Into Controllers
7Feb 9 GetMEAN: Chap. 4  Building a Static Site with Node and Express (continued)
6Feb 4 GetMEAN: Chap. 4  Introduction to Assignment No. 2: Alpha Version, and Introduction to Building a Static Site with Node and Express
5Feb 2 Writing Handouts
and GetMEAN: Chap. 3
  Using Word Like a CS Major (continued), Adding Bootstrap in an Express Project, and Using the Heroku Server
 Feb 1  
Academic Calendar Note:  Last day for registered students to add a course with a permission number or drop a course without record
4Jan 28 Writing Handouts
and GetMEAN: Chap. 3
  Discussion of Project Planning Statuses, Creating an Express Project, and Using Word Like a CS Major
3Jan 26 Writing Handouts
and GetMEAN: Chap. 3
  Discussion of Project Planning Statuses and Getting Started with MEAN
 Jan 25  
Academic Calendar Note:  Last day for undergraduate students to add courses without a permission number
2Jan 21 Sample Project Proposals
and GetMEAN: Chap. 2
  Semester Project Discussions and Partner Meetings and Introduction to the MEAN Stack
1Jan 19  Syllabus and
GetMEAN: Chap. 1-2
  Course Orientation and Introduction to the Semester Project
     
Academic Calendar Note:  First day of Spring 2016 semester classes
 

Tentative Future Classes  

(in order by upcoming date; topics and dates are subject to change)     Top
Please note that all future class topics listed here are based on last semester’s class and are therefore tentative and likely to change.  They are provided here merely to give students an idea of where we’re going. 
No. Class Date Reading Class Topic
 Apr 30  
Academic Calendar Note:  Reading day
 May 2  
Academic Calendar Note:  Spring semester examinations begin
 May 7  
Academic Calendar Note:  Spring semester examinations end
 May 14  
Academic Calendar Note:  University Commencement


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