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CS2103/T 2020 Aug-Dec
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  •  Individual Project (iP):
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  • Standards/ConventionsiP: Week 2


    iP (Individual Project): Overview

    The objectives of the individual project (iP) is to learn/refresh the basics of,

    • Java
    • OOP
    • IDEs
    • Git and GitHub
    • Project automation tools
    • Code quality

    All skills you will learn in the iP will be useful in the team project (tP). Furthermore, some of the iP code can be adapted for the tP.
    The more you do in the iP and farther you push beyond the minimal expectations, the easier it will be in your tP.

    The iP is based on the generic project called Project Duke, the overview of which is given below.

    Duke Overview

    Project Duke

    Duke, the Java Mascot
    [credit: Wikipedia]

    Project Duke is a educational software project designed to take you through the steps of building a small software incrementally, while applying as many Java and SE techniques as possible along the way.

    The project aims to build a product named Duke, a Personal Assistant Chatbot that helps a person to keep track of various things. The name Duke was chosen as a placeholder name, in honor of Duke, the Java Mascot. You may give it any other name and personality you wish.

    Here is a sample interaction with Duke:

        ____________________________________________________________
    ____ _
    | _ \ _ _| | _____
    | | | | | | | |/ / _ \
    | |_| | |_| | < __/
    |____/ \__,_|_|\_\___|

    Hello! I'm Duke
    What can I do for you?
    ____________________________________________________________

    list
    ____________________________________________________________
    Here are the tasks in your list:
    1.[T][✓] read book
    2.[D][✗] return book (by: June 6th)
    3.[E][✗] project meeting (at: Aug 6th 2-4pm)
    4.[T][✓] join sports club
    ____________________________________________________________

    todo borrow book
    ____________________________________________________________
    Got it. I've added this task:
    [T][✗] borrow book
    Now you have 5 tasks in the list.
    ____________________________________________________________


    deadline return book /by Sunday
    ____________________________________________________________
    Got it. I've added this task:
    [D][✗] return book (by: Sunday)
    Now you have 6 tasks in the list.
    ____________________________________________________________

    done 2
    ____________________________________________________________
    Nice! I've marked this task as done:
    [D][✓] return book (by: June 6th)
    ____________________________________________________________

    blah
    ____________________________________________________________
    ☹ OOPS!!! I'm sorry, but I don't know what that means :-(
    ____________________________________________________________

    bye
    ____________________________________________________________
    Bye. Hope to see you again soon!
    ____________________________________________________________

    The project consists of the following increments:

    • Levels: A series of features, meant to be added to Duke in the given order, although some can be skipped. These have been named Level 1 to Level 10 to indicate how each makes the product progressively "level up".
    • Extensions:
      • Category A These are internal/feature enhancements meant to help you practice a specific Java or an SE technique.
      • Category B These are enhancements related to task tracking.
      • Category C These are enhancements, not specifically related to task tracking.
      • Category D Each of these adds the ability to track another type of entities.

    The iP is to be done over the first half of the semester.

    • Volatile requirements ahead!: Some requirements will only be released later (or could be changed along the way), to simulate how requirements of a project may not be available at the start or stay the same during the project.
    • Requirements may differ between students!: Note that some requirements that are to be released later could be different from one student to another.

    Standards/ConventionsiP: Week 2