Problem solving using computers

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

Given the learning outcomes of the "Bachelor in Engineering" program, this course contributes to the development, acquisition and evaluation of the following learning outcomes:

• S1.I2
• S2.1, S2.2, S2.4
• S4.1, S4.2, S4.3
• S5.2, S5.3, S5.4, S5.5, S5.6

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• analyze a specific problem situation requiring the development of a computer application and understand the role that this application will play ;
• design a computer application which meets the needs identified using object-oriented programming and justifying the design choice;
• implement a computer application using wisely the elements of the Java language;
• make an application of reduced scale, but correct, modular, readable, and well documented ;
• implement unit tests to validate the accuracy of a program;
• use a programming environment like Eclipse with integrated programming tools as an intelligent editor, compiler, debugger, and tools for file management, testing, documentation.

Students will have developed skills and operational methodology . In particular, they have developed their ability to:

• contribute to the functioning of the group under active cooperative learning devices such project , explain the issues ( advantages, disadvantages ) of group work and give some operational ways to promote effective group work ;
• implement an approach to develop a computer application
• understand a problem situation described through written documents, oral presentations and extract main elements and reformulate them in order to define the expected result ;
• establish the specifications and a roadmap for the project;
• decompose the original problem into sub-problems that can be easily solved using a software tool ;
• schematize the application architecture to provide a high-level description allowing any computer scientist to quickly perceive the structure ;
• document the application so that it can easily be adapted by another computer scientist ;
• design and perform tests to validate the developed application ;
• collaborate effectively on application development;
• communicate effectively :
•  write a technical paper describing the application developed , recipients of this document are computer scientists who were not involved in its development but must adapt it ;
•  write a coherent and structured project report to convince of the project's success ;
• present using multimedia the developed solution to convince of the project's success.