erlang as a supporting technology for teaching software architecture

Erlangas supporting technology for teaching

Software Architecture

Laura M. Castro

Department of Computer ScienceUniversidade da Coruña (Spain)

Stockholm, June 9-10th, 2014

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2 bachelor degrees (3 academic years)+

1 university degree (5 academic years)

1 degree (4 academic years)+

5 professional profiles

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2 bachelor degrees (3 academic years)+

1 university degree (5 academic years)

1 degree (4 academic years)+

5 professional profiles

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ping/echo availability heartbeat activeredundancy scalability shadowoperation pasive redundancy monitorfault tolerance event ratio robustnessevent queues fixed priority limitedexposure efficiency dynamic priorityfacade wrapper security proxy cachenotifier dispatcher adaptability

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Erlang as a rapid prototying tool

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Agile approach

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Individual work + Team work

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“We dared to do things far more complex thatwe usually do”

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“I was a bit lost at the beginning, theexercises were easy but being unfamiliar withFP made me progress very slowly. But then,

during the team project, we found ourselvesbuilding things very quickly.”

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“I thought working with so many processeswas going to be a nightmare”

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“I wish we had a few more weeks, we all couldhave made our projects even more awesome”

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Student’s projects

Games (poker, trivia,. . . )

IM systems

Web crawlers

Text analyzers

Ship-to-shore crane control

Smart-city sensor information

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Student’s evaluation

Almost 0 drop-outs

All students passed

Most students got B scores

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“Loved the iterations, you know exactly whatyou have to do”

“It forces you not to give up on the course”

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Thanks for your attentionI hope this has been interesting!

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@lauramcastro

lcastro@udc.es

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CreditsImage authoring attribution (in order of appearance)

Rusty tools, Wikimedia Commons.

Octopus shell, Wikipedia.

Claw hammer, Wikipedia.

Nail art, SAYANEcw on Deviant Art.

Ericsson DBH 1001 1939, Wikipedia.

James Webb space telescope, Wikipedia.

Rappelling success, Laity Lodge Family Camp on Flickr.

Map of users, Erlang Central.

Cidade da Coruña nun mar de brétema, Wikimedia Commons.

View of A Coruña from lighthouse, Wikimedia Commons.

Facultad de Informática, Wikipedia.

Bologna seen from Asinelli tower, Wikipedia.

Charla contra Bolonia, Wikimedia.

Bologna Centrale AV, Wikimedia.

Estudiantes contra Bolonia, Wikimedia.

Nevada Test Site Control Point, Wikipedia.

Flag of Europe, Wikimedia Commons.

Greek wrap, Flickr user ‘waferboard’.

Thor’s hammer, Flickr user Carlos Pacheco.

Back door, Flickr user Chad Hunter.

Red heart symbol, OpenClips on Pixabay.

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