CSC 324 – Software Design and Development, and CSC 326 – Software Development Leadership.

Spring 2, 2021

Course Information

• Course Schedule.
• Syllabus: 324 (accessible version). 
• Previous offerings here and below.

Additional Resources:

• Ruby. Learn Ruby the Hard Way;
• Rails. Ruby on Rails Tutorial and David Heinemeier Hansson;
• Rails community. Rails conference and “30 Ruby on Rails Experts, Bloggers, and Influencers”;
• 2020 Ipsum. A lorem ipsum generator to commemorate the things from 2020 we’d probably like to forget.

Dear students: depending on the project to which you are assigned, you may need to consent to a background check as a volunteer working at that site.

International Students, kindly note:

If you are inside the U.S.A.  in F-1 visa status, you must secure Curricular Practical Training (CPT) authorization through the Office of International Student Affairs before you can pursue a project with a non-college work site or non-profit organization. You do not need CPT authorization if your project is helping a Grinnell College office or department, or if you are enrolled online from outside of the U.S.A.  If you are uncertain, please contact me or the OISA.

I am happy to help you. Please, DO feel encouraged to reach out if I can be of any help.

Fall 2, 2020:

Guest Lectures

• 12/11: 3D bioprinting and career milestones. Guest Lecturer: Taciana Pereira.
• 12/09: Work, research, and apps. Guest Lecturers: Kenneth Li, and Yiyuan Yang.
• 11/25: Career goals and aspirations. Guest Lecturer: Jonathan Santos, CFA.
• 11/11: Tips on how to work with legacy code. Guest Lecturer: Wesley Beary.

Course Information

• Syllabi: 324 and 326;
• Schedule;
• Readings;
• Previous Offerings.

Deliverables

• 324_326_Deliverables – EthicsEssay;
• 324_Deliverables – portfolio;
• 324_Deliverables – Individual Project (NEW!)
• 324 and 326_GroupProject;
• 326 – Collection;
• 326_Deliverables_leadershipEssay

Community 

• TeaM Chat (at least 15 minutes per week).

• Coffee Chat:

1. Optical Illusions: do you have a favorite? 12/4;
2. Did you change food habits during the pandemic? What comfort food or snack works well during these “different” times? Hungry to hear from you! 11/20;
3. What was the very first movie or tv show you ever watched or remembered? 11/13;
4. “What inspires you?” 11/06;
5. Machine Learning 10/30.

Additional Resources:

• Ruby. Learn Ruby the Hard Way;
• Rails. Ruby on Rails Tutorial and David Heinemeier Hansson;
• Rails community. Rails conference and “30 Ruby on Rails Experts, Bloggers, and Influencers”;
• Inspiration. CodePen, 20 Freshest Web Designs;
• UX. “47 Key Lessons for UI & UX Designers”
• Tools. Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector;
• Next steps. What can I do after finishing the Ruby on Rails Tutorial? A possibility: real-time apps using WebSockets.

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