91.461 / 91.462 GUI ProgrammingProject Sequence

Prof. Jesse M. Heines

UMass Lowell Computer Science ColloquiumApril 11, 2007

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What GUI I is All AboutThis course teaches you to: Recognize benefits of good user

interface design and ramifications of bad UI design

Identify commonly-accepted guidelines for good user interface design

Write clear and concise messages to inform users of a program’s status

Create applications that exhibit proper use of various user interface components

Document code correctly Validate user input and identify errors

in a professional manner

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What GUI II is All AboutThis course teaches you to: Work on a project team with other

students Design, implement, and document a

program of significant size and complexity

Write a detailed project plan and description of a specific user population

Make oral presentations on your work Conduct and report on a usability test Solve programming and other project-

related problems on your own by exploring documentation and other resources

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One Thing’s for Sure...

There’s no There’s no sleeping in sleeping in Prof. Heines’s Prof. Heines’s class!class!

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How the Class Goes Trying out demos “live” Student collaboration

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Last Year’s 91.462 Project

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Last Year’s 91.462 Project

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Last Year’s 91.462 Project

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Last Year’s 91.462 Project

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Last Year’s 91.462 Project

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Last Year’s 91.462 Project

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Last Year’s 91.462 Project

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Last Year’s 91.462 Project

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Jesse HeinesDept. of Computer Science

Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell

heines@cs.uml.eduhttp://teaching.cs.uml.edu/

~heines