Lecture 12 - Spring Syllabus, Services, and Problem Modelling

• Lecture 12 - Spring Syllabus, Services, and Problem Modelling
  • Links
  • Events
  • News
  • Syllabus
    • Schedule
    • Communication
      • Feedback
      • Use of AI
      • Office Hours
    • Assignments
      • Assignment Policy
      • Assignment Descriptions
        • Final Check In (72pts / 60%)
        • CI / CD (12pts / 10%)
        • Deployed App (12pts / 10%)
        • HackThisSite (Extra Credit) (6pts / 5%)
        • Participation (12pts / 10%)
        • Attendance (12pts / 10%)
    • Honor Code
    • Preventing & Responding to Sexual Misconduct
    • Student Disability
  • High Level Review
  • Checkpoint - Any Questions?
  • Exercise

Lecture 12 - Spring Syllabus, Services, and Problem Modelling#

Links#

• Feedback Form
• Q&A Form
• Office Hours

Events#

• HackUSU - February 28th - March 1st

News#

Syllabus#

Schedule#

Communication#

The real world runs on communication. You can’t skip meetings or miss deadlines without letting the interested parties know. I expect the same out of you – talk to me, let me know what adjustments or accommodations you need as they arise. I’ll be as flexible as I can be with deadlines as long as you talk to me in advance. Afterwards, I feel the need to do those who were on time justice by adding a penalty to those who are late.

I’m available via email and Slack for this class. I get notifications from Slack more frequently than email.

Feedback#

I am still fairly new to teaching (it’s not my first rodeo because it’s my second), and I want this class to be as useful to you as possible. To that end, if you have feedback for me, whether that’s something you want me to adjust, start doing, or stop doing, please let me know, either by one of the above communication channels or via this anonymous form.

Use of AI#

Please do not use AI to communicate with me. AI normally results in much more verbose communication, and I prefer to get straight to the point. I have worked enough with AI that I can generally tell, and I worry about situations like this becoming more and more common:

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Office Hours#

Office hours are available by appointment via Calendly. The link is bookmarked in the Slack channel.

Assignments#

Assignment Policy#

Assignments can be turned in late for half credit. If you are concerned about the deadline / have other things going on, sandbox-related or otherwise, please let me know beforehand and we can figure out an equivalent or more individualized deadline.

If you think you’ve done something equivalent already, reach out and let’s talk about it. I’d rather you focus on building, and give you credit where it’s due.

Assignment Descriptions#

Final Check In (72pts / 60%)#

Due: Wednesday, Apr 23 at 11:59 pm

There are two options for this. With the other engineers on your team, make an appointment during office hours, or submit a recording at your leisure. If you’re submitting a video, each member of your group should submit it.

Either way, we’ll talk about these things:

• What have you built? Show off some key features of your final project, and any demos of ideas that didn’t work out.
• What technical problems have you solved?
• What’s the most important thing you’ve learned this year?
• How do you guarantee that users maintain access to their data? How do you guarantee that other users don’t get access to others’ data?
• Are you proud of what you’ve built?

Point Breakdown:

• 24pts - Answering the Initial Questions
• 24pts - Demonstrating a Production Application
• 16pts - Answering any follow-up questions (this is done as part of the office hours meeting, or I’ll follow up on Slack if there are any)

CI / CD (12pts / 10%)#

Due: Friday, Feb 28 at 11:59 pm

If you are building a web / mobile app, build a CI pipeline into your app that does the following (4 points each):

• Format / Linting according to some style guide (can be your own configuration)
• Run Tests
• Build / Compile the App (if your app is not in a compiled language, it can be worth checking types or using a tool like py_compile that verifies that the pushed app will be able to be run).

If you are not building a web / mobile app, work with me and we can try to find something comparable.

Submit a link to your repo. Make sure it’s shared with hhenrichsen on GitHub.

Deployed App (12pts / 10%)#

Due: Friday, Mar 28 at 11:59 pm

Add a step to your CI pipeline that deploys your app. Ideally, this should include deployment to some kind of staging environment, and then the ability to promote that to production, however this assignment will only require that there be a process to go from code to deployed.

This does not need to be the same app as the previous assignment, nor does it need to be the current app you are working on.

If you are not building a web / mobile app, work with me and we can try to find something comparable.

Submit a link to your deployed app, or to the repo that has the workflow that deploys your app.

HackThisSite (Extra Credit) (6pts / 5%)#

Due: Wednesday, Apr 23 at 11:59 pm

Complete the Basic and JavaScript tracks on HackThisSite for 3 points each. Submit a link to your profile. Leave a comment on your profile mentioning Sandbox 04.

Participation (12pts / 10%)#

Due: Wednesday, Apr 23 at 11:59 pm

Here are some options for participation:

• Give a Tech Talk (12 points)
• Ask questions in class (4 points)
• Come in for office hours outside of check-ins (3 points)
• Talk about news at the beginning of class (2 points)
• Submit topics to the Q&A sessions (2 points)
• Submit the participation activity in each class session (1 point)

This is available all semester, so there is no makeup for this assignment. This is easier to do during class than out of it.

Attendance (12pts / 10%)#

Due: Wednesday, Apr 23 at 11:59 pm

Honor Code#

In keeping with the principles of the BYU Honor Code, students are expected to be honest in all of their academic work. Academic honesty means, most fundamentally, that any work you present as your own must in fact be your own work and not that of another. Violations of this principle may result in a failing grade in the course and additional disciplinary action by the university. Students are also expected to adhere to the Dress and Grooming Standards. Adherence demonstrates respect for yourself and others and ensures an effective learning and working environment. It is the university’s expectation, and every instructor’s expectation in class, that each student will abide by all Honor Code standards. Please call the Honor Code Office at 422-2847 if you have questions about those standards.

Preventing & Responding to Sexual Misconduct#

The health and well-being of students is of paramount importance at Brigham Young University.  If you or someone you know has experienced sexual harassment (including sexual violence), there are many resources available for assistance.

In accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, BYU prohibits unlawful sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, against any participant in its education programs or activities. The university also prohibits sexual harassment by its personnel and students. Sexual harassment occurs when

• a person is subjected to unwelcome sexual speech or conduct so severe, pervasive, and offensive that it effectively denies their ability to access any BYU education program or activity;
• any aid, benefit, or service of BYU is conditioned on a person’s participation in unwelcome sexual conduct; or
• a person suffers sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, or stalking on the basis of sex.

University policy requires all faculty members to promptly report incidents of sexual harassment that come to their attention in any way, including through face-to-face conversations, a written class assignment or paper, class discussion, email, text, or social media post. Incidents of sexual harassment should be reported to the Title IX Coordinator at [email protected] or (801) 422-8692 or 1085 WSC. Reports may also be submitted online at https://titleix.byu.edu/report or 1-888-238-1062 (24-hours a day).

BYU offers confidential resources for those affected by sexual harassment, including the university’s Sexual Assault Survivor Advocate, as well as a number of non-confidential resources and services that may be helpful. Additional information about Title IX, the university’s Sexual Harassment Policy, reporting requirements, and resources can be found at http://titleix.byu.edu or by contacting the university’s Title IX Coordinator.

Student Disability#

Brigham Young University is committed to providing a working and learning atmosphere that reasonably accommodates qualified persons with disabilities. A disability is a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. Whether an impairment is substantially limiting depends on its nature and severity, its duration or expected duration, and its permanent or expected permanent or long-term impact. Examples include vision or hearing impairments, physical disabilities, chronic illnesses, emotional disorders (e.g., depression, anxiety), learning disorders, and attention disorders (e.g., ADHD). If you have a disability which impairs your ability to complete this course successfully, please contact the University Accessibility Center (UAC), 2170 WSC or 801-422-2767 to request a reasonable accommodation. The UAC can also assess students for learning, attention, and emotional concerns. If you feel you have been unlawfully discriminated against on the basis of disability, please contact the Equal Opportunity Office at 801-422-5895, [email protected], or visit https://hrs.byu.edu/equal-opportunity for help.

High Level Review#

One of the questions I got last semester was to go through what we covered at a high level. So let’s go point by point:

Diagram Here

Checkpoint - Any Questions?#

Exercise#

I want to do some smaller-scoped problems at a high level in this class to help us stay more grounded. I’m not sure what interval I want to do these at yet, but I figured now would be a good time to try it out.

Requirements:

• Allow unregistered users to follow short links
• Allow users to sign up and sign in
• Allow users to create, edit, and delete their own links

Deliverables:

• A list of classes, the data associated with them, and the relationships between them
• A list of backend routes and a basic description of their use