Links and References

Links and References
Updated on Thursday, August 31, 2006 12:35 PM

This is a place where Prof. Grant posts helpful and/or interesting links, etc. that relate to our class. If you find interesting information on the Internet that relates to our class, please send it to me and I will post it here, or you may post it on the class forum.
Coding Conventions	From a class at Brown University - I'm not the only instructor who requires this.
DOS	Some useful DOS commands Common DOS Commands More Information on DOS Commands
OO Terms/Vocabulary	Some OO Vocabulary (PDF)
Design	Overview of Object-Oriented Design and Programming Introduction to UML - Slide Presentation by Kendall Scott (PDF) Introduction to Design Techniques (for students with programming experience) Beginning to Design Software Refining the Problem Definition Comments on Comments - link to article in Embedded Systems Programming magazine, March 2002
Java	TheJavaTM 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 API Specification an important reference!
Software Life Cycle	Object Oriented Design Life Cycle (PDF)
Software Failures	IEEE Spectrum Magazine Spectral LInes "Learning from Software" September, 2005 IEEE Spectrum Magazine "Why Software Fails" September, 2005
SW Systems Engineering	Article on Software Systems Engineering from IEEE Computer Magazine (PDF)
Technical Terms	Encyclopedia of Technical Terminology by CMP Publishing
Text Editors	XEMacs Web Site JCreator
Tutorials	Java Tutorial (Start with the green)
UML	Virtual Programmers Build Embedded Code (pdf file) Article from Feb 21, 2002 EDN Magazine. Read the section titled "What Is UML?"
Women in Technology	Women in Technology - brief biographies Women in Engineering (Virtual Museum) WomenTechTalk ListServe - a support group for women studying/working in technical areas
Other interesting stuff	The Sunclock (Geochron) - a neat 'screensaver' The SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) Screen Saver The Computer History Museum The Intel Museum