Engineering Maintainable Android Apps

About this course: Engineering Maintainable Android Apps, which is a 4 week MOOC that shows by example various methods for engineering maintainable Android apps, including test-driven development methods and how to develop/run unit tests using JUnit and Robotium (or equivalent automated testing frameworks for Android), as well as how to successfully apply common Java/Android software patterns to improve the extensibility and clarity of Android apps. Students will work on the appropriate automated unit quizzes, based on the material covered in the lecture videos. These lessons will demonstrate the benefits of good software engineering practices that are targeted at creating maintainable code for mobile apps. There will be roughly 3-4 hours of student engagement time per week, including video lectures, and quizzes. The ordering of the modules within the course is designed to be flexible. In particular, students can watch the videos in whatever order suits their experience and needs, e.g., they may want to watch the unit testing videos prior to the software pattern videos if they prefer to learn about unit testing first.

Created by:  Vanderbilt University

• Taught by:  Dr. Douglas C. Schmidt, Professor of Computer Science and Associate Chair of the Computer Science and Engineering Program

  Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

• Taught by:  Michael Walker, Instructor - Graduate Student pursuing PhD in Computer Science

  EECS

• Taught by:  Dr. C. Jules White, Assistant Professor of Computer Science

  Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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Syllabus


WEEK 1


MOOC Overview



Engineering Maintainable Android Apps, which is a 4 week MOOC that shows by-example various methods for engineering maintainable Android apps, including test-driven development methods and how to develop/run unit tests using JUnit and Robotium (or equivalent automated testing frameworks for Android), as well as how to successfully apply common Java/Android software patterns to improve the extensibility and clarity of Android apps.


1 video expand

1. Video: Course Intro

Software Engineering & Testing I



7 videos expand

1. Video: Software Engineering as Search
2. Video: Why Test?
3. Video: Unit Testing
4. Video: Unit Testing with Android Studio
5. Video: The Importance of Test Automation
6. Video: Code Coverage
7. Video: Styles of Testing
8. 同学互评: Assignment: Testing (Optional)

Graded: Testing I Quiz

WEEK 2


Software Engineering & Testing II



7 videos expand

1. Video: Functional & Non-functional Properties
2. Video: Refactoring
3. Video: Refactoring and Regression Testing
4. Video: Integration Testing
5. Video: Integration Testing with Android Studio
6. Video: Mock Objects with Android Studio
7. Video: UI Testing with Espresso in Android Studio

Graded: Testing II Quiz

WEEK 3


Security & Sustainability I



9 videos expand

1. Video: Security & Sustainability
2. Video: Economy of Mechanism
3. Video: Economy of Mechanism Example
4. Video: Least Privilege
5. Video: Least Privilege Example
6. Video: Complete Mediation
7. Video: Complete Mediation Example
8. Video: Secure Defaults
9. Video: Secure Defaults Example

Graded: Security I Quiz

WEEK 4


Security & Sustainability II



This module provides an introduction to Unit Testing using the Junit 4.0 Framework in Android, as well as an introduction to Testing Frameworks using the Robotium open-source test framework for writing graybox testing cases to automate the testing of multi-Activity Android apps.


13 videos expand

1. Video: Traditional App Accounts
2. Video: Traditional vs. Mobile App Accounts
3. Video: App Account Mapping to Linux Users
4. Video: Apps Lie & Steal
5. Video: How Android Protects Apps
6. Video: What Android Does Not Protect
7. Video: The Challenges of Secure Coding
8. Video: Security Vulnerability Walkthrough
9. Video: The iRemember App Example
10. Video: Privilege Escalation I
11. Video: Privilege Escalation II
12. Video: Privilege Escalation III
13. Video: Course Wrap-up

Graded: Security II Quiz