Course content

The course gives knowledge and skills in agile application development in teams. The application will use a client server architecture, structured in modules and configured with a build system. The groups will use a system for issue tracking, source code management and code review. The focus is more on code quality and testing, than on functionality.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:
* have knowledge about agile software development practices, and be able to explain techniques such as short development cycles, pair programming and test-driven development.
* have knowledge about object-oriented design principles, code qualities and tools and techniques for improving them
* have knowledge of techniques and frameworks for automatic testing of software
* have knowledge about issue tracking, source code management, continuous integration with automatic builds and their role in agile development.
* have knowledge of the software architecture of desktop and web clients using a REST API server and how it is visualized and documented

Skills
* can write user stories, turn them into tasks managed by an issue tracker and use a source code management system with branching and merging to follow them up.
* can design, write and test code for desktop client and REST API server, using modern tools for development and quality assessment
* can structure software as modules and configure a build system to handle running and testing all parts
* can document the software using lean formats and tools

General competencies
* can plan and coordinate small-scale development processes
* can reflect upon technical and organisational aspects of a software development

Learning methods and activities

Methods of learning:
1) Practical programming tasks
2) Team work and reflection
3) Lectures and presentations by groups.

Activities:
a) Practical programming and use of various tools
b) Teamwork and project management
c) Development of a software product

Compulsory assignments

• Øvinger

Specific conditions

Recommended previous knowledge

TDT4100 Object-oriented programming, or equivalent.

Required previous knowledge

This course is only available to students admitted to bachelor in Informatics, LUR with specialization in mathematics and informatics and 5-year master in computer science.

Course materials

Will be announced at semester start.

Credit reductions