IT Week

A presentation on the OpenCourse capstone project, delivered at the Deree College, American College of Greece, on November 4th, 2014.

Transcript

1. Success is 1% inspiration, 98% perspiration and 2% attention to detail. — Phil Dunphy
2. Mike Apostolakis http://mapostolakis.me
3. iOS Developer viagogo London, UK
4. Capstones are tough !
5. Capstones are really tough !
6. But they can be rewarding !
7. Confessions of a Capstone Project
8. The OpenCourse Project
9. The OpenCourse Project · Free API for browsing Deree College's majors and courses · Free iPhone app for managing the curriculum
10. Architecture
11. Architecture Client-Server · RESTful API (Server) · iOS Client (Client)
12. API Endpoints · /courses/id/{course_id} · /courses/code/{code} · /majors/all · /majors/school/ {school_id}
13. courses/id/99 [ { "id": 99, "title": "Communication Research Methods", "code": "CN 3532", "description": "Examination of key concepts of social science research as applied to communication. ", "level": 6, "credits": 15, "prerequisites": [ "WP 1010", "WP 1111", "CN 2201", "CN 2221", "CS 1070", "MA 1001" ], "department_id": 19 } ]
14. Data Mapping on iPhone
15. Server Side Stack Ruby PostgreSQL Sinatra Heroku
16. Client Side Model View Controller
17. Model Shared among Server & Client design · course · department · major · major item
18. Course Model [ { "id": 99, "title": "Communication Research Methods", "code": "CN 3532", "description": "Examination of key concepts...", "level": 6, "credits": 15, "prerequisites": [ "WP 1010", "WP 1111", "CN 2201", "CN 2221", "CS 1070", "MA 1001" ], "department_id": 19 } ]
19. Model
20. MVC
21. Development Cycle
22. Agile Development Cycle
23. Iterative Development Cycle
24. Capstone Development Cycle
25. Capstone Development Cycle Reasons · Communication · Lack of experience · Lack of expertise · Time issues · Presentation
26. Insights
27. Communication · Schedule frequent meetings · Ask for weekly feedback ! · Keep a log of your work · Make your work easily accessible (e.g. Github, dropbox etc...)
28. Lack of experience · Follow a workflow in other words learn about Git & Gitflow · Follow people who are better than you · Read the official documentation · Repeat
29. Lack of expertise · Commit personal time · iTunes U, Coursera etc... · lynda.com, teamtreehouse.com etc... · StackOverflow · Repeat
30. Time & Presentation · 4 months are enough (if you know your stuff) · Focus on what matters, feedback & development · Leave docs & report for last · Your running app SHOULD BE the presentation
31. Being Professional
32. Post college lessons · Understand the presented problem · Your code must work · So!ware development is not a sprint · Explain your code to non coders · Ask for help. Appropriately...
33. Thank you Slides: http://speakerdeck.com/mapostolakis/it-week OpenCourse: http://opencourse.me Mike Apostolakis mapostolakis@me.com