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Calendar

The calendar provides the course lecture topics, along with corresponding homework and reading assignments.

LEC # TOPICS HOMEWORK READINGS
1 Development Methods: Course Introduction.
Introduction to Software Process. Case Studies
2 Development Methods: Fundamentals, Case Studies [RD] Ch. 1-7
3 Development Methods: Time and Resource Estimation [RD] Ch. 8-15
4 Development Methods: CMM, ISO HW 1 Due
5 UML and Modeling [UM] Ch. 1-3, 7-10
6 Database: Data Modeling: Entities, Keys, Relationships [SQ] Ch. 1-2
7 Database: Data Normalization, Correctness [SQ] Ch. 3-5
8 Database: Structured Query Language (SQL) [SQ] Ch. 6-7
9 Database: SQL Continued, ODBC HW 2 Due [SQ] Ch. 8-9
10 Database: Telecom Case Study, Aircraft Case Study [AC] Ch. 2-4, 8-11, 22-23 (skim)
11 Web Development: Fundamental Concepts, HTML, HTTP [WB] Ch. 1, 2, 5
12 Web Development: FrontPage, Web Forms HW 3 Due

[FP] Ch. 1-15 as needed(skim)

13 Web Development: Web Servers, SOAP
14 Web Development: Middleware: XML, WSDL, UDDI
15 Web Development: Middleware Cont. HW 4 Due
16 Legacy Middleware [FP] Ch. 16-19
17 Security: Risks, Public Key Encryption, Certificates
18 Security: SSL/TLS, Firewalls, IPsec HW 5 Due
19 Networks: Standards, Layers, Protocols [TE] Ch. 1-3
20 Networks: PCs, LANs, Ethernet [TE] Ch. 4-5
21 Networks: TCP/IP HW 6 Due
22 Networks: Wide Area Networks: Fiber, Copper, Wireless. T1, SONET, ATM, FR [TE] Ch. 8-9
23 Networks: Wide Area Nets Continued [TE] Ch. 15-17
24 Networks: Access Networks. CATV (Cable Modem), DSL, Wireless (Data, Cellular, Satellite), ISDN HW 7 Due 2 Days after Lecture 24 [TE] Ch. 18-20
25 Networks: Voice, Video, Data Protocols, Convergence. Switching and Transmission Evolution [TE] Ch. 31-38
26 Course Summary

The reading assignments refer to the following references:

[RD] Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules, Steve McConnell, Microsoft Press.
[UM] UML Distilled, Fowler, Addison Wesley.
[AC] Special Edition: Using Access 2000, Jennings, Que Press.
[SQ] The Practical SQL Handbook: Using Structured Query Language, 4th Ed, Judith S. Bowman, Sandra Emerson, Marcy Darnovsky, Addison-Wesley.
[WB] How to Set Up and Maintain a Web Site, Lincoln Stein, Addison Wesley.
[FP] FrontPage 2000 Complete Reference, Matthews and Poulsen, Osborne/McGraw-Hill.
[TE] Handbook of Telecommunications, 4th Ed., Harry Green, Dow-Jones Irwin.