Notes: Thursday 28 August 2003

Assignments Due

• 29 August, before section: Read through Problem Set 1
• 29 August, section: Course Pledge
• 29 August, 5pm: Registration Survey
• 2 September: Problem Set 1
• 2 September: Read Liskov, Ch 1-2
• 4 September: Read Liskov, Ch 3

Notes and Questions
How is engineering software like engineering bridges?

How is engineering software different from engineering bridges?

What are the main tools engineers use to manage complexity?

What are the main tools engineers use to produce reliable systems?

There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.

Tony Hoare

University of Virginia Department of Computer Science CS 201J: Engineering Software

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation

cs201j-staff@cs.virginia.edu