Introduction

Who am I?

Steven Schwenke

Who are you?

What do you expect from me? What topics, technologies, experiences do you want to hear about?
(maybe first assignment) Why are you studying computer science? What's your motivation? What do you think your job will feel like later on?
What do you think is the major challenge in modern software development?
how well do you know what language (especially Java because many examples will be written in Java)

Requirements and Goals of this course

copy from README.md

The course

English or German?
slides will be in English because that's the language of software development

Meta

Agreements for this course:

no compulsory attendance. If you stay, be quite and listen.
questions everytime, not just in the end
questions also via Github: create issue with tag "question"
bring your own device - whatever fits your needs
sorry, I will sometimes speak to you on a first-name basis (standard in modern IT companies)

Why software engineering?

"software is eating the world"
software is main business value today
automobiles are driving computers, not machines that happen to have computers on board
what I learned during my studies: analytical and structured thinking. technical details of this course will be legacy when you're about to use them. Focus on the concepts.

Assignments

create motivational balance sheet for your choice to study computer science (Management 3.0, page 85)