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All activities are subject to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week<\/th>Date<\/th>Day<\/th>Activity<\/th>Reading<\/th>Assignment<\/th>Project<\/th>Exam<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1<\/td>Jan 20<\/td>Tue<\/td>Syllabus and Course Overview, TDD<\/td>Ch. 4<\/td>A1 assigned<\/td>S1-S6 surveys assigned<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Jan 22<\/td>Thu<\/td>Testing background<\/td>Ch. 1, 2, 5<\/td><\/td>S1-S6 due<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Jan 27<\/td>Tue<\/td>Testing background<\/td>Ch. 1, 2, 5<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Jan 29<\/td>Thu<\/td>Finish Testing Background
Discuss Project<\/td>		Ch. 1, 2, 5<\/td>A1 due <\/td>P1 starts<\/td>Lockdown Browser Practice Quiz Available<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>Feb 3<\/td>Tue<\/td>JUnit,
Input space partitioning<\/td>		Ch. 3, 6<\/td>A2 assigned<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Feb 5<\/td>Thu<\/td>Input space partitioning (characteristics, partitions, blocks, values)<\/td>Ch. 6<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Feb 10<\/td>Tue<\/td>ISP for your project, Input Space Partitioning (Combinations and choices)<\/td>Ch. 6 and Ch. 7.1-7.3<\/td><\/td><\/td>Lockdown Browser Practice Quiz Due<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Feb 12<\/td>Thu<\/td>Graph Fundamentals, Graph coverage criteria<\/td>Ch. 7.1-7.3<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>Feb 17<\/td>Tue<\/td>Control Flow Graphs<\/td>Ch. 7.1-7.3<\/td>A2 due<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Feb 19<\/td>Thu<\/td>Review of A1 and A2<\/td>Ch. 7.1-7.3<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Feb 20-22<\/td>Fri-Sun<\/td><\/td>Online<\/td>Canvas<\/td>Respondus<\/td>Midterm 1<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Feb 24<\/td>Tue<\/td>Control and Dataflow<\/td><\/td>A3 assigned<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Feb 26<\/td>Thu<\/td>Static Analysis Tools,
Mutation Analysis<\/td>		Ch. 9.2<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>Mar 03<\/td>Tue<\/td>Mutation analysis, PIT, Automatic Test Generation<\/td>Ch. 9.2<\/td><\/td>P1 ends<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Mar 05<\/td>Thu<\/td>Mocking Concepts and Mockito<\/td><\/td>A3 due<\/td>P2 starts<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>Mar 10<\/td>Tue<\/td>Career Development Presentation<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Mar 12<\/td>Thu<\/td>RestController and DBConnector<\/td>Ch. 7.4<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
—<\/td>——-<\/td>—–<\/td>Spring Break<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>Mar 24<\/td>Tue<\/td>Structural Coverage for Designs<\/td>Ch. 7.4<\/td>A4 assigned<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Mar 26<\/td>Thu<\/td>Graph Coverage for Specifications and State Charts<\/td>Ch. 7.5<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>Mar 31<\/td>Tue<\/td>Graph Coverage of State Charts<\/td>Ch. 7.5<\/td>A4 due, A5 assigned<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Apr 2<\/td>Thu<\/td>Review of A3 and A4<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Apr 3-5<\/td>Fri-Sun<\/td><\/td>Online<\/td>Canvas<\/td>Respondus<\/td>Midterm 2<\/td><\/tr>
11<\/td>Apr 7<\/td>Tue<\/td>Graph coverage for Use Cases. Use Case exercise<\/td>Ch. 7.6<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Apr 9<\/td>Thu<\/td>No lecture. Time to finish P2. Accounts for extra time used for midterms.<\/td><\/td><\/td>P2 ends<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
12<\/td>Apr 14<\/td>Tue<\/td>Web front-end development<\/td><\/td><\/td>P3 starts<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Apr 16<\/td>Thu<\/td>Selenium Hands-on tutorial<\/td><\/td>A5 due, A6 assigned<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
13<\/td>Apr 21<\/td>Tue<\/td>Fitnesse Hands-on tutorial<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Apr 23<\/td>Thu<\/td>Other topics:
Metamorphic Testing,
Fuzz Testing<\/td>		TBD<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
14<\/td>Apr 28<\/td>Tue<\/td>Penetration Testing<\/td>Ariana Mims<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Apr 30<\/td>Thu<\/td>Guest Lectures on SE4AI and AI4SE <\/td>Dr. Ravi Mangal and Dr. Fabio de AbreuSantos<\/td>A6 due<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
15<\/td>May 5<\/td>Tue<\/td>Course Review for Final exam (A5 and A6)<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>May 7<\/td>Thu<\/td>No Lecture (demos only)<\/td><\/td><\/td>P3 ends<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
FINALS<\/td>May 9-11<\/td>Sat-Mon<\/td><\/td>Online<\/td>Canvas<\/td>Respondus<\/td>Final<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All activities are subject to change. Week Date Day Activity Reading Assignment Project Exam 1 Jan 20 Tue Syllabus and Course Overview, TDD Ch. 4 A1 assigned S1-S6 surveys assigned Jan 22 Thu Testing background Ch. 1, 2, 5 S1-S6 due 2 Jan 27 Tue Testing background Ch. 1, 2, 5 Jan 29 Thu Finish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-58","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"jpurdy","author_link":"https:\/\/courses.cs.colostate.edu\/cs415\/author\/jpurdy\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.cs.colostate.edu\/cs415\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.cs.colostate.edu\/cs415\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.cs.colostate.edu\/cs415\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.cs.colostate.edu\/cs415\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.cs.colostate.edu\/cs415\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/courses.cs.colostate.edu\/cs415\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"https:\/\/courses.cs.colostate.edu\/cs415\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions\/157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.cs.colostate.edu\/cs415\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}