Software Construction

Number

swc

ECTS

3.0

Level

intermediate

Overview

The term software construction refers to the detailed creation of working software through a combination of coding, verification, unit testing, integration and debugging. The configuration of a software development environment is vital to efficient software development and is essential to guarantee high quality software. This course covers the use of methodologies and concepts, and the deployment of the right tools to enable this. The Software Construction Process Software Testing

Unit Test
Mock Testing

Software Configuration Management

Source Code Management

Build Automation

Build Automation
Continuous Integration

Software Quality

Quality Characteristics of Software
Software Metrics
Clean Code

Refactoring Systematic Debugging Logging

Learning objectives

The students know modern methods and techniques for an efficient software development with high quality. They learn to apply the learned techniques in real world projects. Upon successful completion of this module the student:

is aware of the importance of automation for the software construction process and can apply the appropriate tools effectively
can apply metrics for measuring the software quality and can interpret the results
can specify and write adequate unit test and choose appropriate tools
can choose appropriate approaches for version control in teams and can apply them efficiently in practice
can apply refactoring methods to improve software quality

Previous knowledge

Good knowledge in object-oriented programming (oopI1l) Basic knowledge of software design

Exam format

Continuous assessment grade

Additional information

Link to website: (engl)