CSSE 120 Winter 2016-2017 (aka
201720)Introduction to Software Development (with robotics)
Session 5 Preparation — Videos,
Reading and Quizzes
Quiz
There is no quiz associated with this preparation. But there ARE things to
do, as listed below.
Videos and Reading:
All of the following are required except items
labeled Optional are, well, optional (i.e.,
things
that may be interesting but do not directly pertain to your success in this
course).
Introduction to Piazza
You should have received an email whose subject was CSSE 120:
Instructions for an assignment on
Piazza.
Do the assignment (per instructions in
the email) if you have not already done so.
If you have NOT received the email, ask your instructor to resend it.
Pair Programming
Watch this YouTube
video on pair programming. (Note: this link will open in a new
tab or window, not
inside this window.)
The video was developed by the folks at code
.org,
a terrific site and organization.
You will often use Pair Programming in this course,
perhaps starting in Session 5.
Pair Programming is a real-life technique, per the
next item.
[Optiona] If you want to learn more about
pair programming , you might find the following links
interesting:
Pair
Programming as described at the organization Agile
Alliance that started a revolution in Software Development
in 2001 that persists to this day. You might also enjoy reading
the Agile
Manifesto that started it all.