Review for Final – Fall 2012
Jeff Offutt
http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~offutt/
SWE 432
Design and Implementation of
Software for the Web
Parameters
• Thursday, Dec 13, 1:30 – 4:15
• Same room
• Closed book / closed notes / closed neighbor
• Comprehensive
• You may take breaks (not all together)
• Spread out as much as possible
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Coverage
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Usability overview (N-Ch 1)
Web users (N-Ch 2, 3)
Usability problems and Search (N-Ch 4, 5)
Website navigation (N-Ch 6)
Readability & writing (N-Ch 7, 8)
Javascript (S-Ch 3, 4, 6)
PHP (S-Ch 9)
Ajax (S-Ch 10)
J2EE (S-Ch 11.1-11.6)
XML & JDBC (S-Ch 7.1-7, 13.1-6)
Security
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A Few Final Notes
• Project was pseudo-agile
• Many companies who are successful at achieving usability
view it as improving efficiency of their users
• Demand for better usability is heavily influenced by good
examples (the “iPhone effect”)
• Companies will pay gold for programmers who know
how to build mobile apps well
– Especially if they also understand usability
• “Wrapping paper UI” : Usability added as a thin layer that’s
not really integrated
– This doesn’t really work …
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Preparing and Format
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Re-read the text and handouts
Study the homework assignments
Redo the quizzes
Get a good night’s sleep
• Lots of different kinds of questions
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Short answer
T/F
M/C
Single answer questions
Problem solving
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Grades
• I will post averages on blackboard ASAP
– Quiz (after dropping three)
– Homework
– Participation
• I will post final exam scores on blackboard after grades
are turned in
• As in all classes, you have the right to review your final
exam
– But probably not practical until January
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Final Grades
• 5% participation, 30% quizzes, 35% homeworks, 30% final
– Lowest three quiz grades dropped
• Unbiased grading – compute and sort:
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>= 98 : A+
> 93 : A
> 90 : A> 86 : B+
> 80 : B
> 75 : B> 65 : C
– Probably only one A+ per class
• I will “slide the line” down to an appropriate “break
point”
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