Archive for the ‘Computer Science’ Category
No Building Web Applications
I tried the first couple of weeks of the Building Web Applications, but I won’t be continuing with the module. I was hoping that there’d be some deep insight into the pros and cons of the Java web applications and the JSF framework and RESTful Web Services, but it was pretty clear that we weren’t [...]
In: Computer Science, Development, MSc
Manchester University’s CS Legacy
When I chose Manchester University for my Computer Science MSc, it was partially because of its reputation but I realized I didn’t actually know anything specific about that legacy. I thought I’d find out a little more about some of the computing cornerstones that were laid in Manchester’s labs. Did you know that the first [...]
In: Computer Science, history, manchester
Pattern-Based Software Dev – Day 4
The material for day 4 focussed on Business Process Modelling. This sits orthogonally to Patterns for e-Business, defining business functions over their architecture. There are two notations for Business Processes put forward – BPMN and UML Use Case/Activity Diagrams. My part of the coursework assignment is to apply BPM to the johnlewis.com some processes on [...]
In: Computer Science, MSc
Pattern-Based Software Dev – Day 3
Today was hand-in day for the first part of this module’s coursework – to design a shop, based on four requirements, using Object-Oriented design principles. Specifically, we had to use the State, Strategy and Item Description patterns, although I also worked in a couple of other patterns I like – Decorator (solves problems of composing [...]
In: Computer Science, MSc
Pattern-Based Software Dev – Day 1
I got a couple of great surprises this morning on turning up in Manchester for the module starting today. First up, the lectures were originally timetabled for a 9:30am start, and are now timetabled for 11:00am. That gives me loads of time between arriving in Manchester at 08:00 and starting lectures to eat, get to [...]
In: Computer Science, MSc