Bringing the industry view of software engineering to the classroom

This project aims to improve the state of education for wireless engineering courses at Auburn University by adapting wireless industry practices in the classroom. After reviewing the industry best practices for mobile phone application certifications, Nokia’s OK Java 2 Platform Micro Edition (J2ME) application certification process was chosen for the quality assurance program for a core set of wireless software engineering courses. There are two main parts of the project. The first part is the Auburn University J2ME Development Guide which enumerates the standards to be followed for Auburn University wireless application certification. It also includes some guidelines for efficient MIDP programming. The second part is the mobile phone game Castle Quest which acts as a model to illustrate the use of the guidelines and the standards outlined in the guide. The wireless industry standards were successfully adapted and incorporated into the Auburn University J2ME guide and their use explained with the help of the example code of Castle Quest.

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