	CS 683 Emerging Technologies: Embracing Change Spring Semester, 2001 About This Course
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References
Big Ball of Mud, Brian Foote and Joseph Yoder, http://www.laputan.org/mud/mud.html

What Is the Rational Unified Process? by Philippe Kruchten, http://www.therationaledge.com/content/jan_01/f_rup_pk.html

SCRUM Website, http://www.controlchaos.com/

Scrum: An extension pattern language for
hyperproductive software development , Beedle, Devos, Sharon, Schwaber, Sutherland, http://jeffsutherland.com/scrum/scrum_plop.pdf

The New Methodology, Martin Fowler, http://www.martinfowler.com/articles/newMethodology.html

Dynamic System Development Method, http://www.dsdm.org/en/about/overview.asp

Squeak Website, http://www.squeak.org/


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About this Course
CS 683 is a variable topic course

Each offering of the course differs

Normally cover 3 related topics

This semester

Theme - Change

Topics

Refactoring
Extreme Programming
Squeak


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Change

Software development on Internet time

Need for

Short development cycles
Changes in direction
Respond to user feedback
Continual change to existing software

Software is increasingly more complex

Application developed in new areas


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Refactoring

Improving the design of existing code

Most code undergoes change and modification

With enough changes the best design will become a http://www.laputan.org/mud/mud.html

Refactoring is a simple but very useful process to restructure code in an attempt to maintain good design


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Extreme Programming
Methodologies like http://www.therationaledge.com/content/jan_01/f_rup_kp.html do not work well in all situations

RUP - Rational Unified Process

Lightweight methodologies are designed to handle change

Some current lightweight processes:

• HYPERLINK "http://www.controlchaos.com/"
Adaptive Software Development
Crystal Light
Extreme Programming
DSDM (Dynamic System Development Method)

We will look at Extreme Programming


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Squeak

Squeak is an open-source version of Smalltalk from Disney

Why Squeak

Smalltalk strength is rapid development and change
Supports refactoring
Squeak is open-source
Squeak development is seeking

Incremental change (pink plane)
Paradigm shift (blue plane)


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Order Of Topics
Squeak
Refactoring
Extreme Programming


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Exercise
If you have a computer download and install Squeak 2.8 from http://www.squeak.org/

Make a copy of Squeak2.8.changes and Squeak2.8.image files

You will need clean copies of these files later

Start squeak (on Windows drag and drop Squeak2.8.image on Squeak.exe)

In Play with me 3 change the color of the text Squeak Rules

In Play with me 7 move the rabbit

In Play with me 8 play the William Tell Overture

Do this by class on Thursday February 1

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