Schedule and Readings

All lectures are: Thuesday and Thursdays, 3:05PM - 4:25PM Eastern Time, in GHC 4102.
All labs are: Fridays, 3:35PM – 4:25PM – WEH 4623
CMU-only note: Access to some pdfs and the ACM Digital Library is restricted to only those on a CMU machine. Use VPN if you are at home. For VPN, here are the CMU instructions for VPN. In the Cisco AnyConnect dialog, you may need to use the "Library Resources VPN" in the "Group" drop-down (which is not the default).

The final schedule and readings will be available soon. Here is the tentative list of topics:

Introduction to Course; What are "Software Structures for User Interfaces"; and Why are user interfaces hard to design and implement?
What is "User Interface Software", Overview of UI Software and Tools
Review of HTML and CSS
Review of JavaScript
Input 1: Conventional Input Models for Handling Input Events
Input 2: Declarative input models; "Interactor" (Behavior) Objects in Garnet and Amulet and
Output 1: Basic 2D Computer Graphics
Output 2: Graphics Models: Structured Graphics; Multiple Hierarchies; Object-Oriented Techniques
UI Software Models: Lexical-Syntax-Semantics, Seeheim Model, MVC, Design Patterns, State Diagrams
UI Implementation Concepts: Callbacks, Resources, Widget Hierarchies, Geometry Management
React for JavaScript
Some Other Web Toolkits - jQuery, AngularJS, Vue, Bootstrap, etc.
Evaluation of APIs and UI Tools, API Usability, Cognitive Dimensions
Command Objects & Support for Undo
Toolkit support for Gestural Input Techniques, Handwriting Recognition
Constraints and Data Bindings
Connecting to the backend - Web Services and Databases
Toolkits for building speech/conversational/chatbot User Interfaces, and Visualizations
Interactive Tools: Prototypers (HyperCard, Director, Visual Basic, Balsamiq), Interface Builders, Sketching Tools
Software Engineering for UIs: How to create high-quality UIs in the context of Agile and other software development processes
Simple User Interface Toolkits and End-User Programming for UIs; Low-Code / NoCode
Toolkit support for Assistive and Accessible Interfaces; Web Accessibility
Toolkits for 3D Programming and the UIs of Games