SCGSMA: Software Modeling and Analysis
| Course: | (Fall Semester 2016) |
| Lecturers: | Oscar Nierstrasz, Mohammad Ghafari, Dr. |
| Assistants: | Nevena Milojković, Yuriy Tymchuk |
| Lectures: | Wednesdays @ 10h15-12h00 |
| Exercises: | Wednesdays @ 12h00-13h00 |
| Place: | Engehaldestrasse 8, 003 |
| Start: | 2016-09-21 |
| Exam: | 2016-12-21 |
| Repetition: | Fall Semester 2016 |
Description
Real software systems continuously evolve over time. As they evolve, they become harder to understand and maintain. In this course we will explore techniques to model complex software systems and analyze them to support program comprehension and reengineering tasks. Most lectures will combine theoretical background and practical application of tools and techniques. A portion of this course will make heavy use of Smalltalk, a live programming environment that supports advanced reflection metaprogramming techniques. Some material is based on two open‐source textbooks: Pharo by Example, and Object-Oriented Reengineering Patterns.
(NB: This course was formerly known as "SDE: Software Design and Evolution")
Learning Outcomes
After the successful completion of this course, you will:
- recognize the problems of legacy software
- use reflection and metaprogramming techniques
- extract software models from source code and other artifacts
- apply software metrics to detect quality problems
- visualize software to support program comprehension
- apply basic static and dynamic analysis techniques
Schedule
| Week | Date | Lecture | Exercises | |
| 1 | 21-Sep-16 | Introduction to Software Modeling and Analysis | Exercise 1 | |
| 2 | 28-Sep-16 | Smalltalk: A Reflective Language and System | Exercise 2 | |
| 3 | 5-Oct-16 | Understanding Classes and Metaclasses | Exercise 3 | |
| 4 | 12-Oct-16 | Reflection and Metaprogramming | Exercise 4 | |
| 5 | 19-Oct-16 | Metrics and problem detection / Moose (Yuriy Tymchuk) | Exercise 5 | |
| 6 | 26-Oct-16 | Software Visualization / Roassal (Leonel Merino) | Exercise 6 | |
| 7 | 2-Nov-16 | Guest lecture: Architectural Extraction (Pooyan Jamshidi) | ||
| 8 | 9-Nov-16 | Bug prediction / Weka (Haidar Osman) | Exercise 8 | |
| 9 | 16-Nov-16 | Guest lecture: Static Program Analysis / Soot (Steven Arzt) | ||
| 10 | 23-Nov-16 | Dynamic Analysis / Javassist (Nevena Milojkovic) | ||
| 11 | 30-Nov-16 | Symbolic Execution | Exercise 11 | |
| 12 | 7-Dec-16 | Software Data Analytics | Exercise 12 | |
| 13 | 14-Dec-16 | Guest lecture: The View from Industry (Carl Worms) | ||
| 14 | 21-Dec-16 | Final exam |
MSc registration Fall 2017
JMCS students
- Register on Academia for teaching units by Oct. 13, 2017
- Register on Academia for the CP exam by December 13, 2017
- [January 12, 2017 for all other MSc courses]
NB: Hosted JMCS students (e.g. CS bachelor students etc.) must additionally:
- Request for Academia access by September 30, 2017
See also: Student’s ToDo list for every semester
Registration
- Please also register on Piazza.com
Resources
- Exam 2014
- JMCS (FS 2016)
- Annotated PDF Slides
- Roassal tutorial
- Papers to read; other resources
- Pharo by Example (open-source book)
- Pharo (open-source Smalltalk)
- Object-Oriented Reengineering Patterns (open-source book)
- Moose (open-source analysis platform)
- Course evaluations: HS08 (EVO), FS14 (SDE), HS16
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