Software Engineering Lab (Software-Praktikum)

Dear participants,

you can find the results of the group phase on your personal status page now. There, you will find two results:

• Group Passing indicates whether your group as a whole has passed, i.e., whether your collective implementation meets our required passing criteria.
• Individual Passing indicates whether you have passed the group phase individually. Please note that this status will also be marked as failed if your group did not pass as a whole.

If you did not pass individually, you are eligible to participate in the re-evaluation. This re-evaluation will take place as an oral examination, during which you will need to demonstrate and explain why your personal contribution to the group phase should be considered sufficient for a passing grade.

You will receive your assigned time slot for the re-evaluation via email shortly if you did not pass individually. Please check your inbox regularly and inform us promptly of any potential scheduling conflicts. Failure to attend will be considered a fail. If you choose not to participate, please inform us in advance.

Note that each slot has a strict time limit, so we strongly recommend that you prepare thoroughly in advance.

Best
the SE-Lab team

Dear participants,

We would like to remind you that, in addition to meeting the passing thresholds for system tests and mutants, your group and individual performance will also be evaluated based on the following criteria:

• Your Implementation Report
• Unit Tests & Code Coverage
• Code Quality
• Individual Contributions; each member should have sufficient contribution to simulation logic, unit tests and system tests

Please note that your implementation report should clearly indicate whether you deviated from your original implementation plan, and if so, explain the reasons for those changes. We will consider the final commit pushed to your main branch by tomorrow at 18:00.

Remember: Before you vacate your room, kindly ensure that it is restored to its original state:

• Move tables and chairs back to original arrangement
• Clean the white-/blackboards
• Move any trash into the correct bins
• Return any whiteboard markers to where you got them from

Best,

the SE-Lab team

Dear participants,

We will hold office hours tomorrow from 14:00-16:00 and on Thursday from 14:00-18:00. The specific rooms for these office hours will be announced tomorrow.

To ensure fairness and availability for all groups, please send only 1-2 representatives from your group to a single office hour session. Each group should attend only once.

Best,

the SE-Lab team

Dear participants,

On your personal status page, you can now find two links for the course evaluation of the SE Lab. Note that there are different links: one to evaluate the course, and one to evaluate the tutors.

We especially appreciate constructive feedback in the free text fields.

Best,

the SE-Lab team

 

Dear participants,

the mutants have just been released.

To register tests that should run against the mutants you have to register them in the function registerSystemTestsMutantSimulation. All other tests will not run against the mutants including the tests registered in registerSystemTestsMutantValidation. Please make sure that all tests that are registered for the mutants pass against the reference as the mutants will only be executed if none of the tests in registerSystemTestsMutantSimulation fail.

Important: Finding at least 27/30 mutants is sufficient to be able to pass the group phase.

You can find a document with all mutants in the Materials (CMS) under "Implementation Phase" with a short description of each mutant.

Best,
the SE-Lab team

Dear participants,

Because several people have been arriving excessively late in recent days, we want to remind you that the mandatory attendance period is not a recommendation but rather an obligation. It is your responsibility to take appropriate measures to arrive on time for the beginning of the mandatory attendance period.

Repeated violations of the mandatory attendance period can and will result in an exclusion from the SE Lab.

Best,

the SE-Lab team

Dear participants,

From now on, we run the set of tests that are mandatory to pass on your implementation as well as your tests on our reference implementation (using the function called registerSystemTestsForReferenceImplementation in the SystemTestRegistration.kt file). You can find test results in the results branch of your group’s repository.

There are a total of 100 mandatory tests, divided into 3 categories: 30 validation tests, 55 component tests, and 15 full tests.
The validation tests check how you handle correct and incorrect configuration files, component tests check the behavior of your implementation for specific parts of the simulation, and full tests check the behavior of your implementation for the whole simulation. Please note that we only test changes that you have pushed to your main branch. 

We will soon release a second set of tests to the three categories that will be optional for passing the course but help to debug your simulation. In the upcoming days, we will also start running your tests (registered in the function registerSystemTestsMutantSimulation in the SystemTestRegistration.kt file) against mutants of the reference implementation to check whether your tests are able to detect the introduced faults. However, we will only run your tests on our mutants if all tests registered in this function succeed on our reference implementation.

Important: Passing 97/100 mandatory tests is sufficient to be able to pass the group phase. Additionally, you will have to find a certain number of mutants. Details on the mutants will be released in the coming days.
You can find a document with all the mandatory tests in the Materials (CMS) under "Implementation Phase" with a short description of the test scenarios.

Best,
the SE-Lab team

Dear Participants,

the practical tutorial announced previously will take place on Friday (19.09.) in the GHH at 9:30.

The tutorial will provide a hands-on introduction to debugging and testing, which are essential concepts for carrying out the group project.

Group attendance will start at 11:00 after the tutorial.

Best,
the SE-Lab team

Dear participants,

we have received complaints regarding food leftovers and untidiness in some of the group rooms.

Please make sure to clean up your workspace and dispose of any food waste every day before you leave. The rooms should always be left in the same clean condition as you found them.

Otherwise, we may revoke room access outside the mandatory attendance period for individual groups.

Best,

the SE-Lab team

Dear participants,

Tomorrow, Friday, August 29, the entry exam takes place on-site at the campus.

Since you are registered for the course in the CMS, you are automatically registered for the entry exam. This is different from the exam registration in the LSF, which is possible and necessary for you to do until Monday, September 1.

Bring your student ID card and a photo ID card (e.g., passport) to the entry exam. No aids are allowed. Use only document-proof pens (no pencils!). Red or green pens are not permitted.

The tasks are formulated in English and German. You can provide your answers in either of both languages.

The entry exam is going to take place in multiple lecture halls simultaneously. Admittance to the lecture halls is at 9:45; make sure to be in front of the assigned lecture hall on time. 

You can find your assigned lecture hall and seat on your personal status page in the CMS.

In case of illness, please inform us immediately by e-mail to sopra@lists.se.cs.uni-saarland.de and submit a medical certificate as soon as possible.

Good luck, and see you tomorrow!

Best,  
the SE-Lab team