Agile Development with .NET

Course aim

To provide students with an understanding of both the theory and practice of agile development methodologies, and to enable students to develop applications within the Microsoft .NET environment.

Course content

Agile concepts – lifecycles, team structures, methodologies (e.g., XP, Crystal, Scrum), the Agile manifesto.
XP in Detail: Pair programming, informative workplace, customer involvement, user stories, project velocity, coding standards, development environments, test driven development, release planning, risk management, iteration planning, user stories, estimation, incremental requirements, refactoring, simple design, incremental design and architecture, spike solutions, performance optimisation, exploratory testing, frequent iterative releases, version control, continuous integration, collective code ownership, lightweight documentation.
NET: Languages, development environments, coding styles, API, development in a .NET language, including user interface design and integration with an SQL database.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
COMP 1040	Programming Fundamentals

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Seminar	2 hours x 13 weeks
Workshop	1 hour x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar	2 hours x 13 weeks
Workshop	1 hour x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External (On-line materials, moderated discussion boards and other on-line interactions)	N/A x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HELP COLLEGE OF ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY
Seminar	2 hours x 13 weeks
Workshop	1 hour x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HELP COLLEGE OF ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	4 hours x 7 weeks
Workshop	2 hours x 7 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment 1 -First project iteration (implement initial user stories as a .NET application), Assignment 2 - Second project iteration (Minor refactoring and implementation of a second set of user stories as a .NET application), Assignment 3 - Third project iteration (Significant refactoring and implementation of a third set of user stories as a .NET application).

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.