Hello everyone,
We are in Week 11 now!
:turkey: Iteration 3 automarks released on Gitrun
In case you donât know yet, iter3 automarks were released, as we mentioned in the previous newsletter. Iteration 3 manual marks w…
Week 10 Newsletter
Yuchao Jiang - 10:35 am, Tuesday 18/11/2025
Hi everyone!
Week 10 already - Itâs been incredible seeing everyone pick up the work and tackle the challenge. The term has flown by. Itâs crazy how much youâve all managed to learn this term.
Project Iteration 3
Congr…
GitLab Slowdown - 1 hour Extension
Zyler Tun - 5:55 pm, Monday 17/11/2025
GitLab Slowdown - 1 hour Extension
Hi everyone,
Weâre aware of the recent issues affecting GitLab, and understand this has caused some confusion and distress. Our team is currently working on a fix, which should be in p…
Project deadline extended by 2 hours
Zyler Tun - 2:43 pm, Friday 14/11/2025
Hey guys!
For a few hours this morning, GitLab experienced some technical issues that affected a small portion of students. To accommodate this, weâve extended the deadline for all students by 2 hours.
This means your …
Gitrun schedule
Zyler Tun - 11:28 pm, Tuesday 11/11/2025
Hey guys,
It looks like there was a misunderstanding regarding the Gitrun schedule. It was assumed that it would run on Monday, but thatâs incorrect. Our actual schedule is Wednesday, Friday, and Monday â not Monday, We…
Week 9 Newsletter
Yuchao Jiang - 11:20 am, Tuesday 11/11/2025
Hi everyone,
Welcome to week 9. It is unbelievably quick that things are starting to wrap up soon! You have now finished all required lab tasks, the tutorials start to get quite light, and the lecture content is also qu…
[Announcements] Week 8 Newsletter
Yuchao Jiang - 10:50 am, Monday 03/11/2025
Hi everyone,
Welcome to week 8. It is unbelievably quick that we are already in Week 8!
Iâm Dr Yuchao Jiang, and Iâll be taking over as your lecturer for the final stretch of the term (Weeks 8â10). A huge thank-you to …
Making a manual dryrun
Zyler Tun - 11:58 am, Friday 31/10/2025
Hellooo, some of you may have experienced trouble running the dryrun for iteration 2.
In this case, you can do a manual dryrun.
To do a manual dryrun, please first change your port number to a RANDOM_NUMBER (please …
Week 7 Newsletter
Shaveen Singh - 9:12 am, Monday 27/10/2025
Hi Everyone! :waving_hand:
I hope you all enjoyed the Flexi Week and had some time to recharge before the second half of the term.
:puzzle_piece: General Updates and Reminders
There are no practical lab tasks this w…
Week 6 Newsletter
Shaveen Singh - 3:12 pm, Monday 20/10/2025
Hey everyone! :waving_hand:
We have reached the halfway point of the term â Congratulations and amazing work so far :)
:puzzle_piece: Marks Released
Lab 1 â 4: Marks are now available on gitlab
Quiz 1 â 3: Marks …
Week 5 Newsletter
Shaveen Singh - 9:06 am, Monday 13/10/2025
Hello everyone!
Weâve got a few quick updates and reminders for this week.
:turtle: General Updates & Reminders
Lab05 Due: Week 6 Monday, 8:00 pm (20 October 2025, Sydney Local Time)
:alarm_clock: Note: The deadlin…
Week 4 Newsletter
Shaveen Singh - 9:26 pm, Monday 06/10/2025
Hi everyone!
Weâre already about a third of the way through the term - how exciting! :tada:
Thereâs a small change in the lecture lineup: after Dr Henry Hickmanâs excellent sessions over the first three weeks, Iâll be …
Why Your Software Engineering Skills Matter Beyond the Classroom đ
Yuchao Jiang - 11:17 am, Monday 06/10/2025
Hi everyone :waving_hand:
One of the most exciting parts of studying Software Engineering Fundamentals is seeing how the skills youâre learning right now â teamwork, SDLC, and agile delivery â grow into real startups an…
Week 3 Newsletter
Henry Hickman - 12:11 pm, Monday 29/09/2025
Hi everyone, and welcome to week 3 of the term!
Hope youâve all enjoyed the second week of term, and had lots of fun learning about teamwork, libraries, and testing!
Make sure you:
Continue practicing!
Now for the im…
Iteration 1 Released!
Chaw Su Thwe - 11:44 am, Monday 29/09/2025
Hi Everyone!
Congratulations on completing Iteration 0!:partying_face:
:rocket: Iteration 1 has now been released! :rocket:
Iteration 1 will not show up automatically in your GitLab repo. Instead, it will appear as a M…
đ Practise good git commits and merge requests
Zyler Tun - 1:03 pm, Wednesday 24/09/2025
Hello everyone,
I hope everyone had a good start to the term. This post is to assist of second lecture on Week 1 about Git.
:memo: Commit messages
:trophy: What Makes a Good Commit Message?
Descriptive yet Concise
C…
Week 2 Newsletter
Henry Hickman - 9:38 am, Monday 22/09/2025
Hi everyone!
Hope youâve all enjoyed the first week of COMP1531. I know Iâve had a lot of fun in the lectures. We talked all about JavaScript and Git.
Make sure you
Practice your JavaScript skills
Play around with…
Lecture 1 Clarification
Henry Hickman - 4:28 pm, Tuesday 16/09/2025
Hi everyone!
Lecture slides and code are being uploaded. They will be uploaded here shortly.
In the lecture, I mistakenly said that the Thursday lecture was 11-1, this is incorrect!!
Thursday lectures are 2-4, just lik…
Week 1 Welcome
Henry Hickman - 10:44 am, Monday 15/09/2025
(The first lecture will be both in-person and online. You are welcome to come in person regardless of if you enrolled in the in-person or online stream).
Hi everyone!
Welcome to COMP1531 25T2
The fundamental aim of CO…
IMPORTANT INFORMATION (also welcome!)
Henry Hickman - 1:28 pm, Wednesday 10/09/2025
Welcome to COMP1531. We are very excited to start this term with all of you!
If you havenât done so yet, come and introduce yourself! This term, we will use the Discourse Forum for announcements.
Our course website is h…
Introduce Yourself (Please!)
Henry Hickman - 12:23 pm, Wednesday 10/09/2025
Hi everyone,
Welcome to COMP1531! Weâre thrilled to have you here, and hope youâre excited to delve into the weird and wonderful world of software engineering!
Weâd love to get to know you, so please reply to this threa…
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