CSE 3345 - Graphical User Interfaces

Chris Raleycraley@smu.edu

Lecture 1 - Introduction

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Class Topics

• Meet the professor• Explore class website• Review class syllabus• Discuss course overview• Discuss course requirements• Meet the students

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About Me

• Chris Raley (pronounced RAY-lee)• Received BA in CSE and Double Bass

Performance from SMU in 2008• Received MS in Software Engineering from

SMU in 2009• Professional Experience– Samsung Mobile– Match.com

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About Me

• Contact Info– craley@smu.edu

• Room number– Adjunct Office in CSE Dept

• Website– lyle.smu.edu/~craley/3345

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Office Hours

No official office hours

• Email – 24/7• Brief meetings before or after class• Meetings by appointment on Campus• Meetings by appointment on Skype

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Course Website

http://lyle.smu.edu/~craley/3345/

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Syllabus

• The syllabus is on the course website

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Course Goals

HTML– HTML Overview– Forms

CSS– CSS Overview (Includes CSS3)– Box Model– Selectors– Point System/Specificity

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Course Goals

Javascript– Javascript Overview– Event handling– JSON– Jquery API– XML HTTP REQUEST

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Course Goals

Android– Android Overview– Declarative UI– Touch event handling– HTTP Requests

User Interface and Design Principles– Planning– Design– Testing

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Course Requirements

• Chrome Browser• Eclipse IDE with Android SDK• Lyle ENGR/SEAS account– See help doc for more info

• Access to the internet. – A large portion of the course reading will be online articles.

• Course Textbooks– Designing with the Mind in Mind by Jeff Johnson

• Free and available online (See course website)– CSS: The Definitive Guide by Eric A. Meyer

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Getting Help

• There is no TA• There is no lab• There is limited CSE Help Desk support for this

course.

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Course Expectations

• This class will be time consuming.

• This class is challenging.

• Often you’ll be thrown in the “deep end.”

• I’m getting paid to teach you GUI, not to make sure you have a social life.

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Previous Students’ Comments

• “The professor moves very quickly and covers what seems like multiple semesters of coursework in one.”

• “Sometimes doesn't realize that students have other classes.”

• “He over-estimates how much work is reasonable.”

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Previous Students’ Suggestions

• “SLOW DOWN.”

• “It would be amazing if this class could be split into 2 classes (Web and mobile development) so that more time could be spent on both topics.”

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Questions?

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About You

• What’s your name?• What programming languages do you know?• What’s your web experience?– HTML– CSS– Javascript

• Have you done any Android development?• Do you have any expectations for the course?