project_assignments

CUNY Tech Prep 2016-2017

Project Assignments

This page and directory will track project assignments and requirements related to your Team Demo Project.

01: First Project Proposal (Individual Proposals)

Due August 29, 2016 by Noon EST

See the proposal requirements here: demo_project_proposal_1.pdf

02: Form Project Teams

Due September 06, 2016 by Noon EST

Teams of 3 should be formed and notify corresponding TA's of Team Name by Due date.

The only requirement is that all 3 team members must belong to the same Class Section.

03: Team Project Proposal

Due September 19, 2016 by 11pm EST

See the team project proposal requirements here: team_demo_project_proposal_1.pdf

Submission Link:

• https://www.dropbox.com/request/3frwo8M4qiC7iQb97j0c
• IMPORTANT: Name your files with your section number and a short team name: section_#_TEAM_NAME.pdf

04: Project Design and Initialization

Due before your sections Lecture 4 meeting (Week 9/26-9/30)

• Design and Planning tasks (Put this all in a document)
  • Mockup your screens (take pictures if done on paper/whiteboard)
  • Model the resources your App will use
    • The User types, the Data objects, etc
  • Plan your RESTful URL routes
  • Plan tasks to be completed over the next 2 weeks
    • Decide who will do what
• Start your team projects
  • Use git!
  • Create a new Express.js app
  • Add nodemon, mocha, chai, chai-http
  • Create "stub" controllers for your URL routes
  • Create pending tests describing the functionality you will be testing
  • Add a docs/ directory where you will store design documents

What to submit

Provide your Lab Instructor the following:

• the team Github link
  • Push your code to a team Github repository
  • Add team members as collaborators on the repository
• your Design and Planning document

05: Project Models and Views

Due before your sections Lecture 5 meeting (Week 10/17-10/21)

This is a checkpoint assignment. We will be looking for the following to be implemented in your project:

• Added a database
• Created models
• Added a templating engine (or html frontend)
• Created templates
• At least one route in your controller uses a model to query the database and generates HTML output using a view.

What to submit

• Push code to your github repository
• Your Lab Instructor will check for updates in your master branch.

06: Project Progress Presentation

Due date: To be presented in your sections Lab 4 meeting (Week 10/25-10/28)

For this assignment you will be creating a presentation to present to your fellow classmates and instructors. In this presentation you will be presenting your project progress so far.

Presentation Guidelines:

• 10 minutes (7min-presentation, 3min-questions)
• All team members must present at least one slide
• See presentation template here: project_progress_presentation_template.pdf

What to submit

• You must be prepared to present during your teams Lab 4 meeting.
• One presentation per team must be submitted to your Lab Instructor by the end of Lab 4.