6.170 Software Studio
Fall 2016
Instructors: David K Gifford, Daniel Jackson
TAs: Gregory D Beams, Graeme D Campbell, Vahid Fazel-Rezai, Kendra L Knittel, Kimberly A Leon, Vinay Mayar, Akhil S Nistala, John J OSullivan, Dang H Pham, Harihar G Subramanyam
Lecture: MW2.30-4 (32-123)
Information:
Syllabus
Getting help
Do make good use of all the resources the course offers. We're here to help you! Here's a key to where to get help for different kinds of questions:
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For straightforward technical questions (eg about JavaScript, node.js, what the problem set instructions means): post a public question on Piazza
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For help when you're feeling confused on a technical issue, or would like advice on your code or design: go to TA lab hours
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For a personal issue about grading, attendance, team issues: send a private message to the staff on Piazza
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For questions about lecture ideas, to discuss larger technical questions or to give feedback on the course: go to lecturer office hours
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For a personal problem or for friendly life advice: email a lecturer to setup a meeting.
Please do not email the TAs individually to ask for help.
TA Lab Hours & Locations:
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Mondays 7-9pm in 26-302
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Tuesdays 5-9pm in 26-328
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Fridays 3pm-5pm in 26-314
Announcements
Last class!
Dear Students,Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow! Our last class will feature:
* Awards for best final projects
* The famous 6170 game show
* A live performance by Barry McNamara and the Cross Products!
Daniel Jackson
Announced on 13 December 2016 4:58 p.m. by Daniel Jackson
Ungraded Assignments, Quiz Pickup
If you have any individual assignments that have not yet been graded, please post a private question on Piazza by tomorrow at noon (if you haven't already). We have had a few cases of assignments pushed to Github without submission form responses.If you haven't yet picked up your quiz, you can pick it up from Maria Rebelo in 32-G715 through the end of the week.
Announced on 12 December 2016 5:41 p.m. by Vinay Mayar
Put your reflection in your repo by 12PM on Tuesday (12/13)
Please make sure your reflection document is in your project repo by tomorrow (Tuesday) at noon.From the final project guidelines:
"After completing the project, your team will together write a
reflection on the project and what you learned from it: what went
well, and what could have been improved, and what you would do
differently in the future."
Announced on 12 December 2016 4:11 p.m. by Harihar G Subramanyam
Presentation Order and Slide Submission for Tomorrow
Hi all,If you are presenting tomorrow, please send me (vmayar@) your slides by noon tomorrow. We will be using one laptop for all the presentations. You can also use Chrome or Firefox if you plan to demo your deployed app.
The presentation order will be:
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
No REST for the Wicked
Seals
ARMR
⭐ (star)
Dancing Torpedo
Team Phil
Team Rocket
Team Recd
Team Walimu
Allegro
Announced on 11 December 2016 10:50 p.m. by Vinay Mayar
Final Logistics
Congratulations to everyone on getting up to demo day, things are almost wrapped up! As you all know, the final code hand-in is at noon on Monday. By the time you all make it to lecture, the project will be complete.Monday's lecture is going to be a series of groups presenting the work they did for their final apps, competing for an as-yet-undetermined prize. The TA team is going to meet tomorrow to put together a set of nominees, we'll email those teams by the end of the night tomorrow. If your team is nominated and you choose to accept, then you'll need to put together a short (a few minutes) presentation for the class on Monday. A few slides and a live demo of your app should cover it. The instructors will then select a winner to be announced during the final lecture on Wednesday, December 14th.
Good luck to you all as you finish things up over the next few days. The feature freeze has begun, so you can't add *new* features. Use this time to add polish, fix bugs, improve documentation, write tests, and apply all the best practices you might not have had time for up until now. This is the home stretch, finish things up on a high note. Happy hacking!
Announced on 07 December 2016 4:44 p.m. by John J OSullivan