BSc, MEng and MScCS Projects

Email me at G.Roberts@cs.ucl.ac.uk if you are interested in any of the project areas listed here.

Overview of Areas of Interest

• Application development using dynamic programming languages such as Groovy, Ruby or Python.
• The Groovy programming language (see http://groovy.codehaus.org/) and the Grails web application framework.
• All aspects of Java programming and the development of Java applications.
• All aspects of Groovy programming and the development of Groovy applications.
• GUI development using JavaFX or Griffon (see http://griffon.codehaus.org/).
• Test-Driven Development, eXtreme Programming and Agile development.
• Object-oriented analysis and design (making use of UML).
• Developing web based applications, especially Grails web applications.
• Design Patterns and Software Architecture.
• iPhone and Android application development.

Specific Project Ideas

• Develop a "Code Reading" tool implemented in the Groovy programming language to aid with reading and analysing the source code of larger programs, for example open source programs like Firefox or tomcat.
• Develop a Prolog-like interpreter in Groovy.
• Develop a Groovy equivalent of the Java BlueJ IDE.
• Develop a GUI/graphical front-end for Git (version control system) in Groovy. In particular, a tool for viewing differences between versions and for tracing changes through versions.
• Develop a web-application for creating and editing UML sequence diagrams.
• Develop tool for creating and executing UML state machine diagrams.
• Create a quiz editor for Moodle.
• Work on an Open Source project, with the goal of getting contributions submitted and accepted.