Fall 2007 - Readings and Links
Direct links to papers are provided wherever possible. Other pages may be available via Docutek
Concepts and Theory
Java BluePrint: Model-View-Controller
Boehm, B.W. A spiral model of software development and enhancement IEEE Computer, May 1988, 61-72
Lerman, C., and Victor Basili Iterative and incremental developments. a brief history IEEE Computer, June 2003
Parnas, D.L. On the Criteria to be Used in Decomposing Systems into Modules .Communications of the ACM , Vol. 15, No. 12, December 1972, pages 1053-1058.
Beck, K. Embracing Change with Extreme Programming. IEEE Computer. 32(10), p. 70-77, 1999.
Cusumano, M., and Selby, R. How Microsoft Builds SoftwareCommunications of the ACM, vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 53-62, June 1997.
Royce, W. Managing the Development of Large Software SystemsProceedings of the 9th international conference on Software Engineering, 1970.
Laplante, P., and Neill, C. "The Demise of the Waterfall Model Is Imminent" and Other Urban Myths" ACM Queue, 1(10), February 2004
Object-Relational Mapping
Ambler, S. Mapping Objects to Relational Databases: O/R Mapping In Detail
UML
Bell, D. UML basics: An introduction to the Unified Modeling Language
ArgoUML open-source UML modeling tool
Agile Development
Manifesto for Agile Software Development
Ambler, S. Examining the Agile Manifesto
Ruby and Rails
The Ruby language
Ruby on Rails homepage.
Crossing Borders Rail Migrations
Crossing Borders A Rails case study
Crossing Borders What's the secret sauce in Ruby on Rails?
Rails Deployment: About "Capistrano: Automating Application Deployment"
Ruby on Rails HowTo Wiki
Securing your Rails Application
Make Rails Play Nice With Legacy Database
AJAX
McLaughlin, B. Mastering Ajax, Part 1: Introduction to Ajax, and the other articles in the series
Aspect-Oriented Programming
A look at aspect-oriented programming
Java Web Developmment
Pursnani, V. An Introduction to Java Servlet Programming
A Really Easy Introduction to Servlets and JSP. Part I
Coulon, X. Hibernate simplifies inheritance mapping
Cengija, D. Hibernate Your Data
Rustad, A. Ruby on Rails and J2EE: Is there room for both?
Farley, J. Microsoft .NET vs. J2EE: How Do They Stack Up?
Other Sytems
PHP MySQL Tutorial, and a Similar Tutorial
Design Patterns
Martin Fowler: Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
Testing
Web Services
Costello, R. Building Web Services the REST Way
Gottschalk, K., Graham, S., Kreger, H., and Snell, J. Introduction to Web Services Architecture
Fielding, R.T., and Taylor, R.N. Principled Design of the Modern Web Architecture
Accessibility & Universal Usability
Introduction to Web Accessibility
World Wide Web Consortium's Web Accessibility Initiative
Shneiderman, B., and Hochheiser, H. Universal usability as a stimulus to advanced interface design
Mobile Web
Jones, R. Creating Web Content for Mobile Phone Browsers, Part 1, and Part 2
Ruby on Rails, HowToProvideAlternateViewsForMobileDevices
Guides on reading and writing research papers
How to Read an Engineering Research Paper
How to Read a Research Paper, so that you will be able to use it later
Ben Bederson's notes on how to read a research paper.
How to write a great research paper
How to give a good research talk
Cook Library on avoiding plagiarism