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Software Engineering Essentials

by Mohamad Halabi

Software engineers are in high demand, yet software engineering is often misunderstood. What is software engineering and why is it important? What are the building blocks of software engineering? And what are the processes and methods that differentiate it as a discipline? This course aims to answer all of the above questions, and give the audience the absolute essential knowledge about software engineering.

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What you'll learn

The IEEE defines Software Engineering as "the application of a systematic, disciplined, and quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software; that is, the application of engineering to software." Software engineering is a discipline applied throughout the entire software lifecycle, spanning the early phases of system specifications all the way to maintenance after system deployment. So why use an engineering approach to software? Quite simply, because the alternative would be to use an ad-hoc or disordered approach. An engineering approach means predictability and quantifiable results through the application of theories, methodologies, frameworks, and tools. When applied efficiently, the result is high-quality software created in a cost-effective manner.

Table of contents

Introduction
19mins
Software Processes
47mins
Requirements Engineering
39mins
Requirements Modeling – Structured Analysis
23mins
Requirements Modeling – Object Oriented Analysis
40mins
Design – Essentials
30mins
Design – Methodology
47mins
Construction
17mins
Testing
32mins

About the author

Mohamad Halabi

Mohamad is a solution architect, based in Sydney, currently working for MuleSoft/Salesforce. He's an 8 time Microsoft MVP, Ex-Oracle, and holds a Masters degree in Enterprise Architecture.

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