CSCI 397 - Seminar

Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.
Credits: 3

Prerequisite: CSCI 209. Readings and conferences for a student or students on topics agreed upon with the directing staff. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. A maximum of six credits may be used toward the major requirements.

Winter 2017, CSCI 397-01: Seminar: Software Tools (3). Prerequisite: CSCI 209. A study of software tools and environments commonly used throughout the software life cycle and beyond. The seminar focuses on the tools used in the software life cycle, the goals of each tool, how the tools are used in practice, and the technology behind the tools. Students learn how to choose from among a variety of different tools for a given software engineering task. Tools include integrated development environments, version control, software testing, build tools, static analysis, debugging, and data analysis. Unix commands and bash scripting are also covered. Sprenkle.