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 433-252 Software Engineering Principles & Tools

Note

Credit may not be gained for both 433-252 Software Development Principles and Tools and 433-244 Software Development

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr Zoltan Somogyi

Prerequisites

433-142 Computing Fundamentals B or 433-162 Introduction to Programming B

Semester

1 and 2 (view timetable)

Contact

24 hours of lectures, 24 hours of laboratory classes

Subject Description

The objective of this subject is for students: to be prepared for participation in teams for creating medium-sized programs; to be familiar with the principles applying to team programming and programming-in-the-large; and to be able to use some of the tools that support implementation of these principles.

Topics covered include: Overview of the software development life-cycle. Command languages. Modularity, compilation environments, code libraries. Version control and configuration management. Programming for reliability. Standard testing and debugging techniques. Profiling and simple code improvement techniques.

Assessment

One practical examination (not exceeding three hours) at the end of semester; and one written examination (not exceeding two hours) at the end of the semester. Each exam must be completed satisfactorily to pass the subject. Weighting of assessment components will be advised at the commencement of the subject.



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