Software Engineering

Introduction to the module

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Module details
Module code

FIT330

Module name

Software Engineering

Credits

Five (5)

Prerequisites

FIT324, FIT523

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Java programming required

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Outline
What is it about?
Objectives
Structure
Assessment
References
Study method

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What is this module about?

A practical introduction to software engineering
Consists of two parts:

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Part I: Object oriented programming

concepts and techniques in Java
Part II: Software engineering method
a disciplined software development
process
apply to a small software development
project
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Java or not Java

Why Java?

pre-requisites and experience

an object oriented programming language

Applicable to other OO (-related) programming

languages:

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e.g. C++, C#, PHP

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Module objectives
Apply core OOP concepts, techniques, and
design patterns
Understand software architecture modelling
Apply a software engineering method
Apply a practical and relatively formal
requirement engineering technique
Apply UML to analyse and design software

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Part I: OOP
More OOP: higher-level abstractions:

Type hierarchy

Iteration & Polymorphic

Code safety: exceptions

Testing & debugging:

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unit-level

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Types of abtraction
Procedural abstraction
Data abstraction

Iteration abstraction

Object
Oriented
Programming
(e.g. Java,C++)

Type hierarchy
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Types of abstraction
Procedural abstraction: to define new
procedures
Data abstraction: to define new data types
Iteration abstraction: to generalise access to a
collection of objects
Type hierarchy: to generalise types

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Part II: Software engineering

Software engineering method

a structured and well-defined process

Requirement engineering

focus: requirement analysis

Architectural modelling
Design and patterns
Implementation
Testing:

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system-level
cont'd from Part I
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Assessment
Assessments
Mid-term test

Weights
15%

Assignment

25%

Final Test

60%

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Brief Descriptions
Validate OO programming knowledge
and skill in Part I
Design, code [and test] an extension of
a keyword search engine program
Covers all the materials that have been
studied during the semester

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Self-assessment
Home works: include

tutorial answers

additional exercises (depends)

Submit each week to FIT

No marks but important for progress check

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Software engineering assignment

To understand how a software is developed
and to develop an extension for it
Development approach:

incremental and in-line with the lectures

finish the software in the last week!

Scope: (in pairs) individually

Deliverables:

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a software

a technical report
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References
Prescribed text book:
Liskov B. and Guttag J., Program Development
in Java: Abstraction, Specification, and Object
Oriented Design, Addison Wesley, 2001
Supplementary:
Sommerville I., Software engineering, 9th ed,
Addison Wesley, 2011
Larman C., Applying UML And Patterns: An
Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and
Design and the Unified Process, 2001
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References (2)
Java:
Savitch W., Absolute Java, 2009
Java (>= 1.5) tutorials and API documentation
(URL: java.oracle.com)

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Study approach
Learn by doing: practice makes perfect!

try the code examples

do the exercises

Self study: you must put in effort!

read the lectures and related resources

submit home works each week

Get help: don't delay your problems!

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ask questions in lectures

make the most of the tutorials!

use forums (for other issues)

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Last but not least!

In my lectures...

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Questions?

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