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CS/SE Individual Practical (2011—2012)

The Computer Science/Software Engineering Individual Practical is a third-year undergraduate course.
It is not available to visiting undergraduate students, or to fourth-year undergraduate students and MSc students, who have their own individual projects.

Latest

• Feedback on Part 2 of the Individual Practical.

Meetings

• The first lecture of the CS/SE Individual Practical for 2011—2012 was on Friday 23rd September at 12:00.
• The second lecture of the CS/SE Individual Practical for 2011—2012 was on Friday 30th September at 12:00.
• The third lecture of the CS/SE Individual Practical for 2011—2012 was on Friday 7th October at 12:00.
• The fourth lecture of the CS/SE Individual Practical for 2011—2012 was on Friday 14th October at 12:00.
• The fifth lecture of the CS/SE Individual Practical for 2011—2012 was on Friday 21st October at 12:00.
• The first feedback session for the CS/SE Individual Practical for 2011—2012 was on Tuesday 25th October from 14:30—17:00.
• The sixth lecture of the CS/SE Individual Practical for 2011—2012 was on Friday 28th October at 12:00.
• The seventh lecture of the CS/SE Individual Practical for 2011—2012 was on Friday 4th November at 12:00.
• The last lecture of the CS/SE Individual Practical for 2011—2012 was on Friday 11th November at 12:00.
• The second feedback session for the CS/SE Individual Practical for 2011—2012 was on Wednesday 14th October from 14:30—16:30.
• The lectures are in the Psychology Building, 7 George Square, Room F21.
• The feedback sessions are in the Appleton Tower, 11 Crichton Street, Room 4.03.

Handouts

• Read the Practical handout and the slides for lecture 1.
• Download the slides for lecture 2 or browse online.
• Download the slides for lecture 3 or browse online.
• Download the slides for lecture 4 or browse online.
• Download the slides for lecture 5 or browse online.
• Download the slides for lecture 6 or browse online.
• Download the slides for lecture 7 or browse online.
• Download the slides for lecture 8 or browse online.

Mid-semester feedback

• Mid-semester feedback received from the students on the course

Resources

• Eclipse web site
• Android web site
• Android Software Development Kit (SDK)
• Android Development Tools (ADT) plugin for Eclipse
• Android HOWTO
• StackOverflow questions tagged ``Android''

Books

• Android Essentials (University of Edinburgh library, authentication required)
• Pro Android (University of Edinburgh library, authentication required)
• Pro Android 2 (University of Edinburgh access, authentication required)
• Beginning Android (University of Edinburgh access, authentication required)
• Beginning Android 2 (University of Edinburgh access, authentication required)
• The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development

Videos

• Developing Android Applications, Workshop One
• Video guide (part): Developing Android Applications with Java, Part 1
• Video guide (part): Developing Android Applications with Java, Part 2
• mybringback.com: video tutorials on Android and Java, also on YouTube
• thenewboston.com: another source of Android video tutorials on YouTube

Other materials

• Extract from The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development, Chapter 8: Getting Fancy With Lists

Coursework

• The coursework is to develop an Android phone application in Java and XML as specified in the Practical handout. The coursework is in two parts.
• The deadline for Part 1 is Thursday 27th October, 2011 at 16:00
• The deadline for Part 2 is Thursday 15th December, 2011 at 16:00
• Requests for deadline extensions due to ill health or other reasons must be submitted to the ITO using the ITO contact form.

The course descriptor page gives further information about the course, including a syllabus and a list of learning outcomes.

Timetable

This course runs in Semester 1.

Course Pacing

The School of Informatics has organised the 3rd year Semester 1 timetable to enable students to make better use of the 13 weeks allocated to the Semester. All Informatics 3rd year Semester 1 courses - except this one and the AI Large Practical - will require their last courseworks handed in by the end of Week 10 at the latest, and examining of these courses will take place at the end of Semester 2. This leaves Weeks 11-13 of Semester 1 free for completion of either this course or AILP.

Students are expected to pace their work on this course as follows:

• All students complete Part 1 by Thursday of Week 5.
• Students with no end of Semester 1 exams concentrate their Part 2 work in Weeks 11-13.
• Students with Semester 1 exams on courses from other schools complete a significant part of the Part 2 work in Weeks 6-10, finishing up Part 2 in Weeks 11-13 around time they have set aside for exam revision and attendance.

Help / Assistance

• The course organiser is Stephen Gilmore (Stephen.Gilmore (@) ed.ac.uk).

Working Practices

Please take care to protect your own work from the inspection of others. Source code is precious: use chmod to protect files, and do not show your code to anyone else.

• Recommended books on Java include

  • Java in a Nutshell, 5th Ed., David Flanagan, O'Reilly, 2005.
  • Thinking in Java, 4th Ed., Bruce Eckel, Prentice Hall, 2006. The previous 3rd edition (2002) is freely downloadable, but does not cover Java 5 or Java 6 features.

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Stephen Gilmore, Stephen.Gilmore (@) ed.ac.uk