CS3650 Visual Languages and Programming

Week 1: (dates)

COMPONENT DEFINITION

Definition of a software component (C1) The component industry metaphor (C2) Component models and services (C3)

Week 2: (dates)

VISUAL MODELING WITH UML

An Example specification (C4)

THE CASE FOR COMPONENTS

The business case for components (C5)

Exercise 1 (due dates)

Week 3: (dates)

THE DESIGN OF SOFTWARE COMPONENT INFRASTRUCTURES

Software components and the UML (C14) Component infrastructures (C15) Project Discussion: The Virtual Classroom

Exercise 2 (due dates)

Week 4: (dates)

Project Discussion: The Chronobot

Time/Knowledge Exchange Protocol

Project Discussion: Standard interface for the Virtual Classroom

Exercise 3 (due dates)

Week 5: (dates)

Business components (C16) Project Discussion: Use Virtual Classroom to discuss term project

Week 6: (dates)

Components and connectors (C17) An OPEN process for component-based development (C18)

SOFTWARE SYSTEMS

Software architecture (C20) Software architecture design principles (C21)

Exercise 4 (due dates)

Week 7: (dates)

THE MANAGEMENT OF COMPONENT-BASED SOFTWARE SYSTEMS

Measurement and metrics for software components (C23) Configuration management (C29)

COMPONENT TECHNOLOGIES

CORBA (C31) and a simple example

Week 8: (dates)

COM+ (C32) and more examples JavaBeans (C33)

Week 9: (dates)

GNOME (C34) Choosing between COM+, EJB, and CCM (C35)

Project Milestone I to define messages for interface (dates)

Midterm Review (dates)

Week 10: (dates)

Midterm (dates)

Project Discussion: Use Virtual Classroom to discuss term project (dates)

Week 11: (dates)

Patterns

Week 12: (dates)

Project Milestone II (dates) to test your component using the remote control (Java version, please download and unzip). Please read the tutorial on how to use the remote control. A C++ Interface for the components (works with the Remote Control 1.0) is provided, which has been tested with GNU's g++ compiler on elements machines.

Software agents (C36)

CONCLUSION

Summary (C41) and future of CBSE (C42)

Week 13: (dates)

Project Demos and Presentations

Week 14: (dates)

Project Demos and Presentations

Final Thought: The master programmer moves from program to program without fear. No change in management can harm him. He will not be fired, even if the project is canceled. Why is this? He is filled with the Tao. -- Geoffrey James, The Tao of Programming

Note: The chapters C1, C2, and so on, refer to the book, Component Based Software Engineering: Putting the Pieces Together, by George T. Heineman and William T. Councill, Addison-Wesley Pub Co; 1st edition, June 8, 2001, ISBN: 0201704854. (Hardcover 818 pages, List Price: $54.99, used books from $15.19. Order from amazon.com)