Week 2 [Mon, Aug 17th] - Summary

Umm... you've finished Week 1 tasks already, right? If not, please finish them first before starting on this week's tasks.

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[MUST-WATCH] Briefing Videos for Week 2

This week's briefing videos start with a detour.

0. Detour: SDLC Basics: Watch the following video covering the week 2 topic 'SDLC Process Models Basics', as the rest of the course briefing refers to those concepts.

Video 6 mins -- Detour: SDLC Basics

1. Iterative + Brownfield = ???: How the iterative and brownfield approach used in the course affects your learning experience.

Video 6 mins

2. Challenges and Solutions: How to tackle three challenges you will face in the course: information overload, workload, and technical problems.

Video 16 mins

3. Week 1→2 Briefing (Week 1 Recap + Week 2 Preview): This video recaps Week 1 and gives a preview of what you need to do in Week 2.
Note: While weekly briefings are normally done in hybrid mode, this week's briefing is released as a pre-recorded video so you can start week 2 tasks early.

Video 6 mins

Week 2→3 Briefing (Week 2 Recap + Week 3 Preview) will be done in hybrid mode -- you can attend it F2F (@I3-LT38 Fri, Aug 21st from 4pm), join via Zoom, or watch the recording later.

iP Help Session (Fri, Aug 21st from 4.50pm): The above weekly briefing will be followed by an F2F session to help those who are stuck in the iP due to technical difficulties. To attend that help session, be in I3-LT38 at least by 4.50pm.

Admin Weekly Schedule → Extract

Before attempting weekly project tasks, go through the weekly topics because the knowledge from those topics may be needed to complete the project tasks.

Week 2 Canvas quiz will open by Week 1 Wednesday (earlier than the normal opening time of Friday 4pm).

Topics:

  • [W2.1] SDLC Process Models: Basics

  • [W2.2] RCS: Getting Started with GitHub

  • [W2.3] RCS: Doing More with Revision History

  • [W2.4] IDEs: Basic Features

  • [W2.5] Intro to Automated Testing

Full ToC

Admin:

  1. Submit weekly quiz Fri, Aug 21st 1600
  2. Get connected to our communication channels
  3. [Optional] Start forming teams for the team project

iP:

  1. Learn about the project
  2. Set up prerequisites
  3. Set up the project on your computer
  4. Add Increments while committing frequently: Level-0, Level-1, Level-2, Level-3, Level-4, Level-5, Level-6, A-Enums Fri, Aug 21st 1600