Hello everyone!
We’ve 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!
We’re already about a third of the way through the term - how exciting! :tada:
There’s a small change in the lecture lineup: after Dr Henry Hickman’s excellent sessions over the first three weeks, I’ll be …
Why Your Software Engineering Skills Matter Beyond the Classroom 🚀
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 you’re learning right now — teamwork, SDLC, and agile delivery — 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 you’ve 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…
📝 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 you’ve all enjoyed the first week of COMP1531. I know I’ve 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 haven’t 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! We’re thrilled to have you here, and hope you’re excited to delve into the weird and wonderful world of software engineering!
We’d love to get to know you, so please reply to this threa…
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