Software Engineering Lab (Software-Praktikum)

Dear students,

We would like to inform you in advance about the upcoming implementation inspections.

If you do not pass the group phase, whether individually or as a group, you will have the opportunity to attend an implementation inspection. In this on-site meeting, you can provide additional context for your submission.

Groups that fail will automatically be assigned a time slot. If you fail the group phase individually and would like to attend an implementation inspection, please contact us by Monday, 28.09., at 6 pm.

The inspections will take place from Tuesday, 29.09., to Friday, 02.10. If you have any important appointments during this period that would prevent you from attending, please let us know by this Friday, 25.09., at 6 pm. We will do our best to schedule around them.

Best regards,
the SE Lab Team

Dear participants,

As the group phase comes to an end, please make sure to return your rooms in the same condition you found them. Before you leave, please:

- Clear your workspace and take all personal belongings with you
- Dispose of any food and drink waste
- Restore all chairs and tables to their original positions

Best,
the SE-Lab team

Dear participants,

we updated the schema files on the main branch of your repository to fix some inconsistencies with the specification that were brought up on the forum. Please make sure to use these schema files going forward. The full list of changes is as follows:

• Every field that was previously of type number, which would have allowed for double and integer values, is now an integer.
• Incident minimum evening changed from 0 to 1.
• Customer minimum visiting evening changed from 0 to 1.
• The ingredient and recipe list in the food file now both need at least one entry.

We don't expect these changes to affect your tests, but we've run an additional test pass with the updated schema files against the reference implementation so you can verify this on your side right away. The results have been pushed to the results branch in your repository.

Best regards,
the SE Lab team

 

Dear participants,

Starting next Monday, we will hold office hours each day. The time and place for these office hours is as follows:

Time	Place
21.09.2026 14:00 - 16:00	E1 1, Room 2.06
22.09.2026 14:00 - 16:00	E1 1, Room 2.06
23.09.2026 14:00 - 16:00	E1 1, Room 2.06
24.09.2026 10:00 - 12:00	E1 1, Room 2.06
24.09.2026 14:00 - 16:00	E1 1, Room 2.06
25.09.2026 10:00 - 12:00	E1 7, Room 0.10
25.09.2026 14:00 - 18:00	E1 7, Room 0.10

 

To ensure fairness and availability for all groups, please send only 1-2 representatives from your group to a single office hour. Each group should attend only once per office hour.

Best,

the SE-Lab team

Dear participants,

From now on, we run the set of mandatory tests on your implementation, as well as your tests on our reference implementation (using the function registerSystemTestsForReferenceImplementation in the SystemTestRegistration.kt file). You can find the test results in the results branch of your group's repository. Please note that we only test changes that you have pushed to your main branch.

There are a total of 100 mandatory tests, divided into 3 categories: 25 validation tests, 60 component tests, and 15 full tests. The validation tests check how you handle correct and incorrect configuration files, component tests check the behavior of your implementation for specific parts of the simulation, and full tests check the behavior of your implementation for the whole simulation.

There are a total of 40 mutants, divided into 5 validation mutants and 35 simulation mutants. The validation mutants have bugs regarding the validation of either of the three input files. The simulation itself is unaffected by these bugs. To run tests against validation mutants, register tests in the function registerSystemTestsMutantValidation. The simulation mutants have bugs regarding the simulation logic. To register tests to run against these mutants, you have to register them in the function registerSystemTestsMutantSimulation.

Please make sure that all tests registered for the mutants pass against the reference implementation, as the mutants will only be executed if none of the tests in registerSystemTestsMutantValidation / registerSystemTestsMutantSimulation fail.

Important: To be able to pass the group phase, you need to pass 97/100 mandatory tests and find at least 35/40 mutants.

You can find two lists with short descriptions of all mandatory tests and mutants on the materials' page of the CMS.

Best,
the SE-Lab team

Dear participants,

The individual re-evaluation for the design phase will take place on Wednesday, September 9, in E1 1, SR2.06.

Attendance is only required if you did not pass the individual design defense. If this applies to you, missing the re-evaluation will result in failing the course.

The re-evaluation will be conducted as a written exam. Bring your student ID card and a photo ID card (e.g., passport). You are allowed to bring your laptop and use the project specification, lecture slides, and the PDF versions of your group's design diagrams, as submitted to your GitLab repository. No other aids are allowed. Use only document-proof pens (no pencils!). Red or green pens are not permitted.

Admittance to the room is at 9:45; make sure to be there on time. You will have 60 minutes to work on the exam.

Best,  
the SE Lab team

Dear participants,

During the design defense, you may use the following materials:

• the project specification
• the lecture slides
• the PDF versions of your group's design diagrams, as submitted to your GitLab repository

No other resources or tools are permitted, including generative AI.

Please download and open these documents before your defense begins, so you can access them without delay.

Best,
the SE Lab team

Dear participants, 

We have finished the correction of the Entry Exam. You can find the results on your personal status page in the CMS.

If you did not pass and would like to inspect your exam, please write an e-mail by 12 pm (noon) on Monday, August 24, to: sopra@lists.se.cs.uni-saarland.de.

And a short reminder: Don't forget about the registration/withdrawal deadline in the LSF on Monday, August 24. If you have passed the Entry Exam but are not registered in the LSF, you cannot participate in the group phase.

And also don't forget about signing up on our GitLab.

Best,
the SE-Lab team

Dear participants,

Tomorrow, Friday, August 21, the entry exam takes place on-site at the campus.

Since you are registered for the course in the CMS, you are automatically registered for the entry exam. This is different from the exam registration in the LSF, which is possible and necessary for you to do until Monday, August 24.

Bring your student ID card and a photo ID card (e.g., passport) to the entry exam. No aids are allowed. Use only document-proof pens (no pencils!). Red or green pens are not permitted.

The tasks are formulated in English and German. You can provide your answers in either of both languages.

The entry exam is going to take place in multiple lecture halls simultaneously. Admittance to the lecture halls is at 9:45; make sure to be in front of the assigned lecture hall on time. 

You can find your assigned lecture hall and seat on your personal status page in the CMS.

In case of illness, please inform us immediately by e-mail to sopra@lists.se.cs.uni-saarland.de and submit a medical certificate as soon as possible.

Good luck, and see you tomorrow!

Best,  
the SE-Lab team