Learning Outcomes
- Analyse a simple requirement in a structured manner
- Design, document, implement and test reliable, maintainable programs as solutions to simple problems
- Use structured techniques of design and implementation and good documentation practice
- Use software development tools
BNU Module Plan
Assessment Briefs
- 30% - CO453 Assessment Brief Coursework Part A
- 40% - CO453 Assessment Brief Coursework Part B
- 30% - CO453 Assessment Brief Coursework Part C
Submission Templates
- CO453 Coursework Part A Blackboard Template
- CO453 Coursework Part B Marking Scheme
- CO453 Coursework Part C - Not Available Yet
Module Weekly Plan 2020
| Week | Date | Subject Content | Practical |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 6 | C# Console 4 - Methods and Parameters | C# Directed Study - Unit 4 |
| 2 | Feb 13 | C# Console 5 - Arrays | C# Directed Study - Unit 5 |
| 3 | Feb 20 | C# Console 6 - SPS Game | C# Directed Study - Project Unit |
| 4 | Feb 27 | Workshop | Complete Part A (30%) |
| 5 | Mar 5 | C# Windows Forms - Calculator | C# Directed Study - Unit 1 |
| 6 | Mar 12 | C# Windows Forms - SPS Game | C# Directed Study - Unit 2 |
| 7 | Mar 19 | C# Windows Forms - .NET GUI Controls | C# Directed Study - Unit 3 |
| 8 | Mar 26 | C# Multiple Form Projects | C# Directed Study - Unit 4 |
| 9 | Apr 2 | Workshop | |
| Apr 8 - Apr 26 |
Three Week Easter Break |
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| 11 | Apr 30 | Windows Forms C# Animation |
C# Directed Study - Unit 5 Complete Part B (40%) |
| 12 | May 7 | Windows Forms C# Graphics | C# Directed Study - Unit 6 |
| 13 | May 14 | Windows Forms C# Etch-a-Sketch | C# Directed Study - Unit 7 |
| 14 | May21 | ASP.NET Web Applications in C# | C# Directed Study - Unit 8 |
| 15 | May 28 | Workshop | Complete Part C (30%) |
Alternative Course Texts
Windows forms is an older technology from Microsoft, based on Delphi, and was popular around 2006. Currently there are no good books I could recommend that go into details on the visual controls used to create the user interface.
The first book below is a good guide to the C# language, but has nothing on Windows forms and associated controls. The second recommendation does go into detail on creating user interfaces using visual controls, but is based on ASP.NET and Web Forms which was popular around 2011. The current best technology has moved on to ASP.NET MVC, C#7.1 and .NET Core.
- Book Microsoft Visual C# Step by Step by John Sharp, Microsoft Press (2015), £25
- Book Beginning ASP.NET in C# and VB by Imar Spaanjaars (2012), John Wiley, £24
Useful Resources
- Wesbite Microsoft Naming Conventions 2017 the old Hungarian 3 letter prefix notation came in with Visual Studio 6 (1998), current version is 15.
- Wesbite Achitectural Principles,
- Wesbite Top 15+ Best Practices for Writing Super Readable Code
- Wesbite Refactoring, an essential part of the development process see also these examples of Bad Smells
- Wesbite Extreme Programming (Pair Programming) uses refactoring as an essential stage.
- Wesbite Beginning Test-Driven Development in .NET Core Widely used, started in Java and now available for morst languages
- Wesbite On Pair Programming by Martin Fowler A very good guide on how to use pair programming well by a leading expert software developer who has written many books.