Teaching Assistant:
Andrei Vasilateanu, andraevs@gmail.com

Prerequisites:
"Software Development Methods" course

Lecture notes : not available

Grading and workload
Your grade in the course will be calculated from the marks of the partial and final exams:
Partial_exam*0.5 + Final_exam*0.5
Each exam mark is calculated from several 10-based marks as follows:
(Homeworks and Laboratory Activity)*0.2+
(Project Activity)*0.3 +
(Lab, Project and Course Attendance)*0.1 +
(Final Examination)*0.4

Homework Policy.
1.Homework submissions must not include external materials (e.g., web downloads).
2. The homeworks must be turned in on the due date. Late homeworks are not accepted for any reason and will receive a zero mark.
3.The homework is an individual research work.
4. Homeworks will require substantial time commitment. We strongly recommend that students begin working on assignments early. 5. The projects will be graded according to the judicious choice, usage and documentation of design patterns or architecture styles as well as to the overall quality of the student's software producing style. Late project defence tentatives are not accepted for any reason and the project will receive a zero mark.

Examination Policy
The comprehensive exam consists of a closed-book written answer to a quiz and an open-book test consisting in designing a comprehensive architecture for a distributed application.

Textbooks:
1. In English: Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, E. Gamma, R. Helm, R. Johnson, J. Vlissides, Addison Wesley Professional, 1994
In Romanian:
Design Patterns - Sabloane de proiectare, Teora, 2002.
2. Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions, G. Hohpe, B. Woolf, Addison Wesley, 2003, ISBN 0-321-20068-3