Software Engineering / Advanced GUI Programming
CSc 430 - Prof. B. Domanski
Course Contents

Typical Texts:

for VB:

for Software Engineering:
Textbook:  Schaurm's Outline - Software Engineering
David Gustafson, PhD
(c)2002, McGraw Hill, ISBN: 0071377948

Software Engineering:  ; handouts via the web will be provided as necessary

1. Principles of Software Engineering

These will be discussed throughout the course, and are to be applied to the programming labs assigned:

• Determining Feasibility & Managing Analysis & Design Activities
• Interviewing
• Prototyping
• Using Data Flow Diagrams
• Using Data Dictionaries
• Describing Process Specifications
• Preparing the Systems Proposal
• Designing Effective Output
• Designing Effective Input
• Designing the File or Database
• Designing the User Interface
• Total Quality Management --
• Software Engineering & Documentation --
  1. Design & Documentation Techniques
  2. The HIPO Method
  3. Flowcharts
  4. Pseudocode
  5. Procedures Manual
• Code Generation & Design Reengineering
• Testing,. Maintenance & Auditing
  1. The Testing Process
  2. Maintenance Practices
  3. Auditing

2. Visual Basic

• Introduction and Sample Program (Stopwatch)
• Data and Instructions
• Variables and Constants
• Statements, Expressions and Procedures
• Forms & Tools
  1. Picture Boxes and Images
  2. Labels
  3. Text Boxes
  4. Command Buttons, Check Boxes, Option Buttons
  5. Frames
  6. List Boxes, Combo Boxes
  7. Scroll Bars
  8. Timers
  9. Lines and Shapes
  10. Drive & Directory & File List Boxes
  11. Common Dialog Box
• Program Control incl. Arrays and Control Arrays and Collections
• Using Procedures & Functions
• Debugging
• Menus
• File I/O: Sequential and Random Access
• Graphics Programming
• Classes & Objects
• Drag and Drop
• Databases
• OLE / ActiveX
• Using the Windows API

Last updated 09.02.2009 by DrB