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17-356 Software Engineering for Startups

This Week

Lectures & Readings
Pitch Ideas #2
calendar_month Thu Jan 29

Vibe Engineering Intro - Best Practices
calendar_month Tue Feb 03
Recitation
Form teams
Office Hours

Professor office hours held at their offices and on Zoom. See class calendar below and Slack announcements for exact times and locations!

Current Assignment
HW1b: Product Ideation, HW1c: Product Pitch
descriptionHandout
Upcoming Assignments
P0
calendar_month Released Tue Feb 03

Office Hours Calendar

Weekly Schedule

Date Lecture Reading Recitation Homework Deadline
Tue Jan 13 Introduction
Wed Jan 14
Thu Jan 15 Product Ideation and Discovery Mom Test Chapters 1-3, 6 HW0: Teamwork Survey

descriptionInstructions
Fri Jan 16 HW1a
Mon Jan 19
Tue Jan 20 Proving Viability and the Minimal Viable Product Lean Startup: Chapters 1-4, 6
Wed Jan 21
Thu Jan 22 Vibe Coding your MVP HW1a: User Discovery

descriptionInstructions
Fri Jan 23 HW1b: Product Ideation
Mon Jan 26
Tue Jan 27 Pitch Ideas #1 HW1b: Product Ideation, HW1c: Product Pitch

descriptionInstructions
Wed Jan 28
Thu Jan 29 Pitch Ideas #2
Fri Jan 30 Form teams
Mon Feb 02
Tue Feb 03 Vibe Engineering Intro - Best Practices P0

Wed Feb 04
Thu Feb 05 User Stories
Fri Feb 06 HW2
Mon Feb 09
Tue Feb 10 Web Apps Introduction
Wed Feb 11
Thu Feb 12 SE Process - Team Roles HW2

Fri Feb 13 HW3
Mon Feb 16
Tue Feb 17 GitHub Tutorial
Wed Feb 18
Thu Feb 19 Doc Generation from LLM for Code Review HW3, P1

Fri Feb 20 HW4
Mon Feb 23
Tue Feb 24 Midterm
Wed Feb 25
Thu Feb 26 Vibe Test HW4, P2

Fri Feb 27 No Recitation
Mon Mar 02
Tue Mar 03 NO CLASS
Wed Mar 04
Thu Mar 05 NO CLASS
Fri Mar 06 No Recitation
Mon Mar 09
Tue Mar 10 TBD
Wed Mar 11
Thu Mar 12 Databases
Fri Mar 13 HW5
Mon Mar 16
Tue Mar 17 Authentication & Security HW5

Wed Mar 18
Thu Mar 19 Deployment - Frontend
Fri Mar 20 HW6, Project Checkins
Mon Mar 23
Tue Mar 24 Deployment - Backend & CD HW6, P3

Wed Mar 25
Thu Mar 26 Startup Structure
Fri Mar 27 HW7
Mon Mar 30
Tue Mar 31 Funding & Economics HW7

Wed Apr 01
Thu Apr 02 Pitching & Communication
Fri Apr 03 Project Checkins
Mon Apr 06
Tue Apr 07 Joining a Startup P4

Wed Apr 08
Thu Apr 09 NO CLASS Spring Carnival
Fri Apr 10 No Recitation
Mon Apr 13
Tue Apr 14 Pivot Product
Wed Apr 15
Thu Apr 16 Close the Deal (Sales)
Fri Apr 17 Bug Bash
Mon Apr 20
Tue Apr 21 Class Bug Bash P5

Wed Apr 22
Thu Apr 23 Conclusion
Fri Apr 24
Mon Apr 27
Tue Apr 28
Wed Apr 29
Thu Apr 30
Fri May 01 Final Product Pitches P6

Mon May 04

Staff

Instructors

Austin Henley

Andrew Begel

Teaching Assistants

Eryn Ma

Sai Ravi Teja Gangavarapu