SCGSMA: Software Modeling and Analysis
| Course: | (Fall Semester 2020) |
| Lecturers: | Oscar Nierstrasz |
| Assistants: | Pascal Gadient, Pooja Rani |
| Lectures: | Wednesdays @ 10h15-12h00 |
| Exercises: | Wednesdays @ 12h00-13h00 |
| Place: | Engehaldestrasse 8, 003 |
| Start: | 2020-09-16 |
| Exam: | 2020-12-16 (written, 90 minutes) |
| Repetition: | Fall Semester 2020 |
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.
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 2020 (To be updated)
| Week | Date | Lecture |
| 1 | 16-Sep-20 | Introduction to Software Modeling and Analysis |
| 2 | 23-Sep-20 | Smalltalk: A Reflective Language and System |
| 3 | 30-Sep-20 | Understanding Classes and Metaclasses |
| 4 | 7-Oct-20 | Reflection and Metaprogramming |
| 5 | 14-Oct-20 | Moldable Software Exploration (Tudor Girba) |
| 6 | 21-Oct-20 | Software Metrics and Problem Detection; Moose (Andrei Chiş) |
| 7 | 28-Oct-20 | Static Program Analysis / Soot |
| 8 | 4-Nov-20 | TBA |
| 9 | 11-Nov-20 | TBA |
| 10 | 18-Nov-20 | TBA |
| 11 | 25-Nov-20 | TBA |
| 12 | 2-Dec-20 | TBA |
| 13 | 9-Dec-20 | TBA |
| 14 | 16-Dec-20 | Final exam (NB: Room E8-001) |
MSc registration Fall 2019
JMCS students
- Register on Academia for teaching units by Oct. 11, 2019
- Register on Academia for the CP exam by December 4, 2019
- [January 3, 2020 for all other MSc courses]
NB: Hosted JMCS students (e.g. CS bachelor students etc.) must additionally:
- Request for Academia access by September 30, 2019
See also: Student’s ToDo list for every semester
Registration
- Please also register on Piazza.com
Resources
- Previous Exams
- JMCS (FS 2018)
- Annotated PDF Slides
- Iceberg github repo of Smalltalk lecture examples
- 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, H18
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