CS 172: Software Engineering

• The Final demonstrations will take place in the P333 lab (Phelps 1526), Monday noon - 3 p.m.

• ArgoUML now exists in /fs/contrib/src/argouml. I have had trouble getting it to work, but have been told that it launches fine using our jdk1.3:

/usr/pubsw/bin/java -jar argouml-0.8.1a.jar
• Announcing Mastering RMI

 

 

This new book will take you into the depths of RMI, and show you how it all really works. The basics are explained, and also how it works on an
architectural level. Specific features such as dynamic classloading, custom connection factories and marshalling are discussed in depth and with detailed examples.

The book also describes two complete applications. How they work, why they are built the way they are, and what you should think about when building distributed applications.

Finally, the book looks at the EJB and Jini technologies that both exist on top of RMI, and which provide value-add for applications that need more than the fundamentals provided by RMI. You will see how these technologies fit into the bigger picture, and what you can use them for.

There is also an accompanying CD-ROM with complete examples, including source and easy-to-use build structures (using Ant). Even if you're not interested in RMI, there's quite a few interesting tricks in the source code and build structures that will make this book worth your time and money.

The book should be available in all major bookstores, but one convenient way to get it is to pick it up from Amazon.com here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471389404/

Happy reading,
Rickard
 

Email: rickard@jboss.org

• ENTREPRENEURSHIP 101

SATURDAY. MARCH 10, 2001  7:30-2:30
COST: Students--$10 if you purchase at the CEEM Lecture on Writing a
Business Plan on Feb 22 at 5:30 in Eng II Pavilion. Otherwise, students are
$25. Early registration for the public is $75. Faculty and staff is $40.
REGISTRATION and information: http://www.engineering.ucsb.edu/entrep101
SPEAKERS include:
Scott Kreins, CEO of Juniper Networks;
Mike Birck, Founder and CEO of Tellabs;
Steve Krausz, Managing Partner of US Venture Partners,
Steve Domenik, Managing Parnter, Sevin Rosen Funds,
Michael Klein, Founder of Transoft and former CEO of eGroups,
and many other top quality speakers.
• If you are interested in looking at the puzzles mentioned in the message below, here are some links to pdf files: A, B.

 

 
 
 
 
 

Subject: Looking for a Programmer
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 01:21:11 EST
From: RALPHCOLAO@aol.com
To: cappello@cs.ucsb.edu

Dear Dr.Cappello,
my son and my daughter are alumni of UCSB.  I have been on your campus as a parent on many occasions; the two most enjoyable ones were when they graduated. But now I have another reason, which I will explain below, for coming back to UCSB: I would like to meet a programmer experienced in interactive language to design a program that will solve a simple arithmetic puzzle. The puzzle consists of a gridded square area completely filled with numbers.  In this area there exists a unique path that connects two shaded squares  Starting from the number in one of the shaded cells, the path is traced by performing a string of mathematical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) in adjacent (vertical or horizontal but not diagonal) squares.  Do you know of anyone at UCSB who would be interested in working on this project? I have enclosed as an attachment a puzzle and its solution.

Thank you,
Ralph Colao

• The midterm will cover Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 of the text book, and the basics of object design and CVS given in the lecture.

• The date and time for the client acceptance test of your 1st increment will take place during your weekly meeting with your client: Zoran. I will attend as many as I can.

• The Data Dictionary contains a short description of each class.  This also should be part of the Javadoc. In the spirit of extreme programming, I am willing to forego the data dictionary as a separate document: You do not have to turn in a data dictionary.

• Thursday, Feb. 15, Klaus Schauser of ExpertCity.com will present their architecture, as well as their source control and software engineering practices.

• The part of your RAD colored green in the outline, is due next Thursday for your 1st increment.
• Topic:  "Market Validation"

Date:   February 8, 2001
Speakers: Timothy K. Bliss, Partner, Investment Group of Santa Barbara
                Frank Robinson, Principal, Frank H. Robinson & Company
Time:   5:30-7pm
Location: UCSB, Engineering II Pavilion
Parking: Free after 5PM - Lot 10 is closest to the Pavilion
Cost:   Free to UCSB students, staff & Faculty
        $5 donation from public attendees
RSVP:   Not necessary, but nice for refreshments head-count.

• I have been told that textbooks will be removed from the UCEN bookstore no later than Sunday.

• The project will be delivered in 2 increments. The part of your RAD colored blue in the outline, is due next Thursday for your 1st increment. There should be a scenario for each use case. However, you need not include more than 1 scenario for each use case. It would be better for you to have worked out the use case model for the entire proposed system, but we do not require it at this point.
• I received this from our system administrator:

Java2 ver 1.3 Standard Edition has been install for Solaris 7 in /usr/pubsw/bin.

Note: CS' default user PATH has /bin preceding /usr/pubsw/bin.

So in the case, simple issuing command "% java" uses an older version.

Running /usr/pubsw/bin/java explicitly is one way round this issue.

Java ver 1.2.2 (previous version at /usr/pubsw/bin) is still available in /usr/oldsw/bin

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Feel free to email your project ideas to the TA, for the purpose of receiving feedback.  This gives you another option for discussion besides meeting with him in person.

Email your Project Description to the TA on Tuesday, no later than 3pm.

Email me the title of your project, as soon as you settle on one.

Greg Janee, of the Alexandria Digital Library Project, will describe about 6 possible projects in class tomorrow.

• Organize yourselves into teams of 4.
• Optionally select a name for your team (e.g., "The Sex Objects"). Email me (Pete Cappello) your team name, and the names and email addresses of your team members.
• Read chapter 1 & 2 of the textbook.
• Start thinking about possible projects for your team.

 Resolve to Be the Best Person You Can Be in '98 - Someone Else

 By Dave Barry

 Right now, while you're still burping up little gaseous reminders of the estimated 78 cheese puffs you consumed on New Year's Eve, is the time to make your New Year's resolutions.

 Why make resolutions? Because you CAN be a better person. I bet you know somebody who seems to be perfect -- somebody who always looks terrific; somebody who manages to devote plenty of time to both family and career; somebody whose house is spotless, whose children are well-behaved and whose dog does not smell as if it sleeps on a bed of decomposing raccoons.

 You wonder how that person "does it all," don't you? Well, stop wondering and do something! Start right now! Get up off the sofa, put on some active sportswear, and kill that person with a crowbar!

 No, seriously, you need to make some New Year's resolutions so that you can become a better you -- a more-attractive you; an organized you; a you that is ... well, less like you.

 At this point you are saying: "Dave, I would love nothing better than to be less like myself, but every year I make the same New Year's resolution, which is that I will lose weight, and currently my thighs are the diameter of the trans-Alaska pipeline."

 Don't feel bad! Many people have trouble sticking to their resolutions, and there is a simple scientific explanation for this. In 1987, a team of psychologists conducted a study in which they monitored the New Year's resolutions of 275 people.  After one week, the psychologists found that 92 percent of the people were keeping their resolutions; after two weeks, we have no idea what happened, because the psychologists had quit monitoring.

 "We just lost our motivation," they reported. "Also, we found ourselves eating Twinkies by the case."

 So we see that keeping resolutions can be d
t you CAN do it, if you follow these practical tips:
 

 1. BE REALISTIC.

 Many people give up because they "set their sights too high."  In making a New Year's resolution, pick a goal that you can reasonably expect to attain, as we see in these examples:

Unrealistic Goal: "In the next month, I will lose 25 pounds."

 Realistic Goal: "Over the next year, taking it an ounce or two at a time, I will gain 25 pounds, and my face will bloat like a military life raft."

 Unrealistic Goal: "I will learn to speak Chinese."

 Realistic Goal: "I will order some Chinese food."

 Unrealistic Goal: "I will read a good book."

 Realistic Goal: "I will examine the outsides of some good books, then waddle over to the part of the bookstore where they sell pastries."

 Unrealistic Goal: "I will do volunteer work for a worthy cause."

 Realistic Goal: "I will give myself a hearty scratching."
 

 2. THINK POSITIVE.

 To succeed, you must believe in yourself. Write this motivational statement in large letters on a piece of paper and tape it someplace where you will see it often, such as on the inside of your eyeglasses: "I CAN do it, and I WILL do it! Starting next year!"

 3. LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES.

 Let's say that, like millions of weight-conscious Americans, you think you eat sensibly: Your diet consists almost exclusively of mineral water and low-calorie, low-fat foods. And yet you're still gaining weight.  Why? I'll tell you why: You're drinking water with minerals in it. Minerals are among the heaviest substances in the universe, second only to guests on the Jerry Springer show. Think about it: The Appalachian mountains and most major appliances are essentially big wads of minerals, and you're putting those things into your body. No wonder you're gaining weight!  FACT: The word "Perrier" is French for "balloon butt."

 I have run out of room here, thank God, so let me say in closing that I wish you the best of luck with your 1998 resolutions, and I will do the best to keep my own resolution, which is to give you, every sin
ative and accurate columns I possibly can. Starting next year.

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