Introduction To Software Engineering
Based on the popular book by Schach "Object-Oriented and Classical
Software Engineering",
this unit maps out the software engineering discipline
with a focus on software process, design and testing issues.
The emphasis is upon a broad coverage of areas, since students
will at this early stage not have adequate programming skills to
tackle many of the topics in greater depth. The software development
process and system design driven by models that serve its description
and verification are the heart of this subject.
The unit introduces such things as the software life cycle and
its various models, model-driven design using UML and
other notations, design-by-contract, programming and testing issues, objects and reuse,
complexity, divide and conquer strategies, metrics and measurement,
project management, professional context and engineering ethics.
Different design and programming notations will be used,
but especially the object-oriented language Java will illustrate some
of the concepts introduced.
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