Open Source Software Development Fall 2018, Hunter College, Stewart Weiss
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Overview
Course | Open Source Software Development, http://www.compsci.hunter.cuny.edu/~sweiss/course_materials/csci132/csci132_f18.php |
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Institution | Hunter College, CUNY, New York City |
Instructor(s) | Stewart Weiss, email: stewart.weiss@hunter.cuny.edu, http://www.compsci.hunter.cuny.edu/~sweiss |
Term | Fall 2018 |
Course Overview | An elective course for students who want to learn how to contribute to open source software projects |
Course Length | 15-week term |
Student Characteristics | mostly upper juniors and seniors, small size classroom (holds 20) |
Prerequisites | A data structures course |
Infrastructure | Held in a conference room with each student bringing a laptop |
Learning Objectives
- the student will become a contributing member of a software development community and have documented evidence of their contribution; and
- the student will document their efforts on this project by creating a blog that chronicles their work.
Assessment Methods
- contributions (30%) such as pull requests that have been accepted, or those that were not accepted but, deserve to be treated as if they were accepted;
- homework (30%) submitted in response to assignments that I post on the website or distribute in class;
- participation (40%) including attending meetings, completing the weekly blog posts, and oral presentations made to the group
Course Outline
Notes to Instructor
- Tips, suggestions, lessons learned (warnings)...
Moving Forward
- what next steps are desirable or possible for this course
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