Welcome to Software Engineering (COSC-4849) Optional Lab!

The goal of this optional lab is to assist you in working on your project. We will discuss such tools as Java IDE (Eclipse) version control system (CVS) UML modeling tools (Eclipse Modeling Framework) Unit testing tools (JUnit) Build tools (Ant) GUI frameworks (Eclipse Modeling Framework) Bug tracking system (Bugzilla) The topics for the end of the semester are not set - we will fill them up as we go. The semester should show which tools require more attention. Your suggestions are welcome.

Lab Schedule:

9/5	Introduction to Java and Eclipse	notes
9/12	Eclipse and Java	notes
9/19	The Basics of CVS	notes
9/26	Cancelled
10/3	No Lab
10/10	Eclipse Visual Editor	class demo
10/17	Layout Management in Java	notes
10/24	No Lab
10/31	No Lab
11/7	Developing Servlets and JSPs with Eclipse and Apache Tomcat	notes
11/14	Working with a MySQL Database from Java	notes JDBC Example
11/21	No Lab
11/28	Populating a JSP from a Database Example	example
12/5	Open