Announcement: Lab 07 and Quiz 07 Deadline Extended to 10 PM Today
Shaveen Singh - 1:29 pm, Tuesday 03/11/2026
Hi everyone,
We understand that some students experienced technical issues accessing the course website this morning, affecting their ability to complete Lab 07 and Quiz 07.
In consideration of this, the submission dea…
Week 8 newsletter
Abdallah Lakhdari - 9:29 am, Tuesday 03/11/2026
Hi everyone!
Welcome to Week 8! We’re approaching the final weeks of the term, so let’s keep up the momentum!
Here are some important updates and reminders.
This Week’s Lectures
We’ll briefly wrap up Requirements En…
Project: Better Stand-ups, Stronger Teams! 🚀
Shaveen Singh - 1:40 pm, Tuesday 27/10/2026
Hi everyone,
COMP1531 is participating in a UNSW-wide project aimed at promoting inclusive teaching practices in first-year undergraduate courses.
As part of this initiative, we are introducing a small change to our we…
Week7 newsletter
Abdallah Lakhdari - 12:32 pm, Tuesday 27/10/2026
Hi Everyone
Welcome back to Week 7!
We hope you all had a great Flexi Week and managed to take some time to rest and recharge. We’re now heading into the second half of the term, so here are a few important updates and …
Week 6 newsletter
Abdallah Lakhdari - 6:14 pm, Tuesday 20/10/2026
Hi everyone!
First, congratulations on making it through the first five weeks of the term and completing Iteration 1! You’ve put in a lot of hard work so far, and we hope you get the chance to take a well-deserved break…
Project: Iteration 1 & Announcements
Rani Jiang - 3:23 pm, Friday 16/10/2026
Hi everyone, some quick announcements + reminders and hints for iteration 1 :blush:
Announcements
Lab03 marking will be rerun. Ignore the current auto-mark and job.
Week 4 standup marks have been released. You can …
Week 5 Newsletter
Abdallah Lakhdari - 11:46 am, Tuesday 13/10/2026
Hi everyone!
Welcome to Week 5! This is an important milestone week for the course. Please take a few minutes to read through the updates below.
Project – Iteration 1
Iteration 1 deadline has been extended to Monday 19…
Week 4 newsletter
Abdallah Lakhdari - 1:07 pm, Tuesday 06/10/2026
Hi everyone!
We are already about a third of the way through the term; time is flying!
This week, we will be diving into some of the core concepts that underpin modern software engineering, including CI/CD pipelines an…
Week 3 newsletter
Abdallah Lakhdari - 8:42 am, Tuesday 29/09/2026
Welcome to Week 3 of COMP1531!
We hope you had a great Week 2 and enjoyed learning about teamwork, importing files, package management, and dynamic verification. You are now building the foundations that real software …
Project: Iteration 0 Reminder!
Rani Jiang - 5:36 pm, Friday 25/09/2026
Hi everyone,
It’s been great to see all groups get stuck into working on iter0. We’ve heard some great stories of some groups finishing it all during their lab and others meeting up in-person outside of class to wrap it…
COMP1531 - Help Sessions!
Zyler Tun - 9:09 am, Wednesday 23/09/2026
Morning all! :sun:
In order to support :palm_up_hand: you during the course (as mentioned in Week 2 Newsletter :scroll: ), we are running help sessions as scheduled on the course website :globe_with_meridians:.
How to …
Week 2 newsletter
Abdallah Lakhdari - 8:16 pm, Monday 21/09/2026
Hi everyone,
We hope you have enjoyed your first week of COMP1531. It has been fun diving into JavaScript and Git, and we are excited to continue building on that foundation this week.
Important Reminder
Make sure yo…
Week 1 newsletter
Abdallah Lakhdari - 5:02 pm, Monday 14/09/2026
Hi everyone!
Welcome to COMP1531 26T3.
The main goal of COMP1531 is to help you transition from a solo programmer to a collaborative software engineer. We have a teaching staff of 35 members, and we are all super …
Introduce Yourself
Shaveen Singh - 6:05 pm, Wednesday 09/09/2026
Hi everyone,
Welcome to COMP1531 – Software Engineering Fundamentals! :tada:
We are thrilled to have you here and can’t wait to explore the weird, wonderful, and occasionally chaotic world of software engineering toget…
Week 0: Preparing for Success 🏋️
Shaveen Singh - 11:54 am, Wednesday 09/09/2026
Welcome to COMP1531 everyone! :waving_hand:
Real-world software isn’t built alone – it is built in teams - and this term, you will learn how to do exactly that. COMP1531 is all about helping you transition from being a…
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