Description
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is the process of developing software through planning, requirement analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance. This course focuses on the implementation and testing phases of SDLC, and you will examine different software development processes for large software systems development, and understand the strengths (pros) and weaknesses (cons) of different software development processes. You will also encounter defensive programming techniques to prevent software bugs during implementation, and learn how to test your system thoroughly using different types of test cases.
Basic object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts are required for topics covered in defensive programming and object-oriented testing. Implementation is driven by the UML models derived from requirement analysis. It is recommended to take the course “Software Engineering: Modeling Software Systems using UML” before attempting this course, but it is not a hard requirement.
What you will learn
Introduction to Software Development
Welcome to the first module of this course! In this module, you will learn: (1) The tasks involved in software development. (2) The processes involved in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
Software Development Processes
In this module, you will learn: (1) Different software development processes, including Waterfall, Code-and-Fix, Prototyping, Spiral, Phased-Released, Agile, Extreme Programming, Continuous Integration, Scrum, and Unified Process.
Implementation and Defensive Programming
In this module, you will learn: (1) The purpose and the major activities of implementation. (2) Defensive programming techniques to prevent software bugs during implementation.
Debugging and Configuration Management
In this module, you will learn: (1) Different techniques for debugging. (2) Configuration management to manage, control and monitor changes to life cycle artifacts.
