COMP8440:
Free and Open Source Software Development
Autumn 2010
Course staff:
Dr Andrew Tridgell and Bob Edwards
2010 course dates
The 2010 COMP8440 course will run from Tuesday 6th April to
Saturday 10th April. We will update this site with more information
closer to the date of the course.
You can also review any of the lecture notes or videos of the 2009
lectures on the lectures page.
General Information
- This course is part of the Masters of Computing program, but is
also offered for other students via a range of flexible enrolment
options. For information on enrolling in this course, please see enrolment information
- Assumed knowledge is basic competence with using a Unix-like
operating system (such as Linux). Having some competence in at least
one programming language will be an advantage.
- Please see the StudyAt
entry for Course Description and Learning Outcomes.
-
A total of 18 hours of lectures will be given, plus a similar amount
of tutorial/lab hours. The course will have a very practical focus.
- News will be posted on the course
Announcement forum (staff post only).
- There is also a
Discussion forum which will be (semi-) regularly
monitored by the course staff.
- The 2009 timetable is available. The
2010 timetable will be similar, but with the main course centered
around the 6th April to 10th April.
- Refreshments will be provided during the course
- The course flyer is available here
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