Due: Wednesday, Feb 5th by 11:59 PM
This is an Individual assignment.
Individual Project
Software development is a vast and rapidly-changing field. Almost any substantial project will require you to learn about new technologies, which could include programming languages, libraries, databases, etc. Being able to learn new technologies on your own and use them effectively in a project is an essential skill for a software developer.
Your task in this assignment is to propose an individual project you will work on this semester that involves one or more technologies related to software development that will be a new learning experience for you.
Some possible examples:
- Learn a new programming language (E.g., Clojure, Scala, Erlang) and write a nontrivial program in that language
- Learn about Javascript and AJAX for rich web client interfaces, develop a web application
- Learn about programming embedded systems and hardware interfacing (e.g., AVR, Arduino), use it in a hardware project (a data logger, robot, etc.)
These are just examples: I encourage you to be creative and think of something that interests you personally. The most important requirement is that you should learn something new!
Scope
The project should be smaller in scope than your team project: the purpose is more to learn something new than to create a substantial software system. However, your project must be nontrivial: the system you create should do something interesting.
Proposal Format
Your proposal should be 1-2 pages, and contain the following information:
- Description of your project
- List one or more technologies related to software development that you will learn about
- Briefly discuss your plan for the project: list what sources of information you plan to use, and provide a list of steps/intermediate goals that will allow you to make progress towards completing the project. You have until the end of the semester to complete the project, but keep in mind that I expect you to make steady progress, and that there will be occasional progress reports/demos.
Submitting
Submit your document in PDF format to Marmoset as assign02:
