CS 360 Special Topics: Open Source Software Development

Introduction

Programming Projects

This course will contain a set of programming projects and exercises to give you practice with software development tools.  Some projects will be individual assignments and some will be team projects.

Collaboration will be a key component in this course.  You will be expected to contribute fairly to each of the team projects you work on. 

Academic Dishonesty

1. The cheating policy is defined in the Pacific Catalog as well as the Academic Policy that each of you signed upon entering Pacific University. Be sure you read or reread this policy carefully.  In this course, all external material used in a project or homework must be clearly documented and be provided under an appropriate license.
   
   
2. Sanctions that may be imposed for academic dishonesty are:
   • F in the course for any form of academic dishonesty

If you have any question as to whether or not what you are about to do constitutes cheating, ask the instructor.

Course Policies

• Assignments are to be submitted, electronically and as a hard copy, by 11:59 pm on the day in which they are due (unless otherwise specified).  Late assignments will not be accepted. Start your assignments early. This course will cover a good deal of new material and writing and debugging the projects will take much longer than you think. You may turn each assignment exactly once.  Source code must be available in GitHub at the due date.
  
• A program that does not successfully compile or produces no output loses 70% of the assignment grade.
  
  
• Grade Complaints: If you have a complaint regarding a grade on an assignment, exam, or homework, write a one paragraph description of why you feel the grade is incorrect and deliver it to the instructor. The paragraph must be delivered to the instructor within five working days of when the graded material is returned to the student.
  
  
• No early or late exams/finals will be given.
  
• No incompletes will be given.
  
• Neither computer failure, software failure, nor lack of computer access are accepted as excuses for late programs; therefore, start work on the programs as soon as they are assigned, don't put them off until the last minute. Further, corruption of programs due to bad disk media is also not accepted as an excuse for late programs; therefore, always keep a current backup of all programs on a separate disk.
  
• The instructor reserves the right to raise or lower a student's grade based on class participation and attendance. Specifically, participation can raise or lower your final grade by 1/3 of a grade. Further, your final grade may be lowered by 1/3 of a grade for each day (or portion thereof) of class missed. Please notify me PRIOR to class if you must miss class for any reason. Only legitimate reasons will be accepted as excuses for missing class
  
• I do not want to hear any electronic devices go off during lecture; therefore, make sure you silence these devices before lecture starts.
  
• Class starts promptly at 4:45 pm. Your attendance is expected at each class meeting. It is in your own best interest to attend class, as your grade will almost certainly suffer indirectly if you choose not to attend. In addition, I reserve the right to consider attendance in instances of borderline grade assignments. Of course, excused absences (sickness, family emergencies, varsity athletic participation) will not be held against you. Scheduled absences should be communicated to me well in advance. If you must miss a class, be sure to check with me or another student to get what you missed. Exams will be given in class on the day scheduled and may not be made up. The material in the course is, by necessity, cumulative. Be warned that if you fall behind, you will not be able to catch up easily.
  

• Learning Support Services for Students with Disabilities:

   Services and accommodations are available to students covered under the American with Disabilities Act. If you require accommodations in this course, You must immediately contact Learning Support Services for Students with Disabilities at x2194 or email at lss@pacificu.edu. The Director or her Assistant will meet with you, review the documentation of your disability and discuss the services Pacific offers and any accommodations you require for specific courses. It is extremely important that you begin this process at the beginning of the semester. Please do not wait until the first test or paper.

   

Resources

ProGit

GitHub - Fork A Repo

GitHub - Help

GitHub - Set up Git

Python TK Tutorial

Python Tutorial

Python 3 Documentation

Other Online Resources

The Open Source Way

Practical Open Source Software Exploration

Linux Tutorial

Further Reading

The Cathedral and the Bazaar (http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/)

Exams

Acknowledgements

This class has benefited from classes taught at other universities: 

CS 490: Software Engineering

teachingopensource.org

Portland State

https://wiki.umn.edu/UMMCSci/CSci4605s14/

http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Teaching_Materials_Catalogue