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91.461 / 91.462 GUI Programming Project Sequence. Prof. Jesse M. Heines. UMass Lowell Computer Science Colloquium April 11, 2007. What GUI I is All About. This course teaches you to: Recognize benefits of good user interface design and ramifications of bad UI design
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91.461 / 91.462 GUI ProgrammingProject Sequence Prof. Jesse M. Heines UMass Lowell Computer Science Colloquium April 11, 2007
What GUI I is All About This 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
What GUI II is All About This 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
One Thing’s for Sure... There’s no sleeping in Prof. Heines’s class!
How the Class Goes • Trying out demos “live” • Student collaboration
Jesse Heines Dept. of Computer Science Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell heines@cs.uml.edu http://teaching.cs.uml.edu/~heines