Catalog Description: Ideas and techniques for designing, developing, and modifying large software systems. Function-oriented and object-oriented modular design techniques, designing for re-use and maintainability. Specification and documentation. Verification and validation. Cost and quality metrics and estimation. Project team organization and management. Students will work in teams on a substantial programming project.

Units: 4

Prerequisites: COMPSCI 61B and COMPSCI 61C; COMPSCI 70 or MATH 113.

Formats:
Fall: 3.0 hours of lecture and 1.0 hours of discussion per week
Summer: 6.0 hours of lecture and 2.0 hours of discussion per week
Spring: 3.0 hours of lecture and 1.0 hours of discussion per week

Grading basis: letter

Final exam status: Written final exam conducted during the scheduled final exam period

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Department Notes:

Course objectives: To have detailed knowledge of the object-oriented software development method, and to be able to apply it. To master the development of a medium size software application from the conception stage to deployment, using modern technologies. To experience working in a team. To master written technical communication.

Topics covered:

• Software engineering processes
  • Object-oriented processed
  • Agile processes (Extreme programming)
• Gathering requirements
• Specifications
  • Unified Modeling Language
• Design
  • Unified Modeling Language
  • Design patterns
• Version control
• Testing
  • Regression testing
  • Integration testing
  • Test generation
• Debugging
  • General principles
  • Delta debugging
• Runtime monitoring
  • Purify
  • Cooperative Bug Isolation
  • Diduce
  • Eraser (data race debugging)
• Software security
• Verification
• Refactoring
• Software reuse
• Programming with Exceptions

Related Areas:

• Operating Systems & Networking (OSNT)
• Programming Systems (PS)