Learning Outcomes

Understand how to succeed in ICS 314

You understand the goals, structures, and procedures for learning in ICS 314.
Your computer and its software is adequate to support the experiences you will have in this course.

Referencing modules: Introduction

Create a high quality professional persona

You can join and participate in two professional networks (LinkedIn, TechHui).
You can design and implement a high quality website providing a portfolio of your professional accomplishments and interests.

Referencing modules: Professional Persona

Assessed by: A01: Assessment of your professional persona

Create high quality technical essays

You demonstrate the ability to write professional-quality technical essays.

Referencing modules: Coding, QA Part 1: Coding standards, Configuration management, Final Project, Javascript 1, Javascript 2, Application Design (Meteor), Part 1, Application Design (Meteor), Part 2, Application Design (Meteor), Part 3, Open Source Software, Professional Persona, Project Management, QA Part 2: Testing, UI Design (Basics), UI Design (Frameworks), Underscore

Use and develop open source software appropriately

You can choose a suitable open source license for your projects.
You can create software projects that satisfy the three prime directives and thus can support an open source community.
You can interact with the open source community via appropriate questions and forums.

Referencing modules: Final Project, Open Source Software

Assessed by: A06: Assess your understanding of open source software

Competent with elementary Javascript

You can create local and global functions, and manipulate objects and arrays.
You can pass functions as parameters, and create anonymous functions.
You can use the Underscore Javascript library to simplify manipulation of data structures.

Referencing modules: Coding, Final Project, Javascript 1, Javascript 2, Application Design (Meteor), Part 1, Application Design (Meteor), Part 2, Application Design (Meteor), Part 3, Underscore

Assessed by: A03: Assess your ability to write about Javascript 1, A02: Assessment of simple Javascript skills, A04: Assessment of simple Javascript skills (continued), A08: Assess your ability to write about Underscore, A07: Assessment of simple Underscore skills

Use configuration management tools and techniques effectively

You understand the motivation for version control and configuration management
You can use git commands to support version control.
You can set up a GitHub account and use it to manage files.
You can implement project enhancements by creating and merging branches.

Referencing modules: Coding, Configuration management, Final Project, Application Design (Meteor), Part 3

Assessed by: A10: Assess your ability to code in Javascript,

Use the command line to install and run software

You understand how to use the command line to manipulate files and directories.
You can configure the PATH to install software.
You can configure environment variables to configure software.

Referencing modules: The Command Line

Use an IDE (IntelliJ IDEA) effectively

You can use IntelliJ IDEA easily and effectively for source code construction and modification.
You can configure IntelliJ IDEA to load within 10 seconds.
You have learned keybindings necessary to use IntelliJ IDEA efficiently for Javascript programming.

Referencing modules: Coding, Development Environments, Final Project

Assessed by: A10: Assess your ability to code in Javascript, A12: Assess your ability to detect coding standards violations,

Efficiently create software that conforms to standards

You understand the benefits of coding standards and why they improve the quality and efficiency of software development.
You can recognize the presence (or absence) of standards and make software conform if necessary.
You can take advantage of tool support to automate compliance with certain standards.

Referencing modules: QA Part 1: Coding standards, Final Project

Assessed by: A13: Assess your ability to write about your coding standard experiences, A12: Assess your ability to detect coding standards violations

Design and implement effective test suites

You understand the strengths and weaknesses of white box testing, black box testing, and coverage.
You can design a set of tests that support an acceptable level of quality for your software applications.
You can use the Jasmine framework to write simple unit tests for Javascript applications.

Referencing modules: QA Part 2: Testing

Assessed by: A15: Assess your ability to write about your testing experiences, A14: Assess your ability to write simple tests

Design and implement web pages using HTML and CSS

You can use HTML and CSS to design basic web pages.
You can use tools (IntelliJ, Chrome Developer Tools, LiveReload) to design and implement pages quickly.

Referencing modules: Final Project, UI Design (Basics)

Assessed by: A16: Assess your ability to use simple HTML and CSS

Design using Meteor Framework

You understand basic principles of Meteor: reactive variables, collections, publications, helpers, templates.
You can develop basic CRUD applications quickly and effectively.
You can implement authentication and authorization.
You can use extensions and templates: AutoForm, Twitter Bootstrap, Iron Router, meteor-application-template.

Referencing modules: Final Project, Application Design (Meteor), Part 1, Application Design (Meteor), Part 2, Application Design (Meteor), Part 3, Application Design (Meteor), Part 4

Practice simple project planning techniques

Learn to collaborate more efficiently in a team by breaking a project into sequence of milestones, and each milestone into issues which are assigned to group members and tracked in GitHub.

Referencing modules: Final Project, Project Management

Write useful project documentation

Learn to write user and developer-level documentation.