Software Engineering

Robert Strandh

• Contents
• Foreword
• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 What Is Software Engineering
  • 1.2 The Material
  • 1.3 Development Situation
  • 1.4 Type of Product
  • 1.5 Large vs. Small Programs
    • 1.5.1 Estimating Time and Other Resources
    • 1.5.2 Communication Between Developers
  • 1.6 Summary of Chapter
• 2 Software Quality
  • 2.1 External Quality
  • 2.2 Internal Quality
  • 2.3 How to Accomplish High Quality
• 3 Software Development Activities
• 4 Feasibility Study
  • 4.1 Purpose
  • 4.2 Activities
  • 4.3 Documents
  • 4.4 Problems
• 5 Requirements Specification
  • 5.1 Purpose
  • 5.2 Documents
  • 5.3 Problems
• 6 Design
  • 6.1 Purpose
  • 6.2 System Design
  • 6.3 Module Design
  • 6.4 Design Based on Contract
  • 6.5 Design for Change and Reusability
    • 6.5.1 Function-oriented Design
    • 6.5.2 Object-Oriented Design
  • 6.6 Examples of Modular Abstraction
    • 6.6.1 Interface and Implementation
    • 6.6.2 Interface
    • 6.6.3 Implementation
  • 6.7 Error Handling
  • 6.8 Reusable Software Components
    • 6.8.1 Macros
    • 6.8.2 Subroutines
    • 6.8.3 Superroutines
    • 6.8.4 Packages
    • 6.8.5 Classes
  • 6.9 Formal Design Methods
    • 6.9.1 Think Before You Do
    • 6.9.2 Abstract Data Types
    • 6.9.3 Equational Programming
    • 6.9.4 Programs As Data Types
    • 6.9.5 Implicit Control
  • 6.10 Tools
  • 6.11 Documents
  • 6.12 Problems
• 7 Coding
  • 7.1 Purpose
  • 7.2 Coding is Communication
  • 7.3 General Guidelines
    • 7.3.1 Be Brief and Clear
    • 7.3.2 Avoid Unnecessary Dependencies
    • 7.3.3 The Program Listing
    • 7.3.4 Adequate Naming of Identifiers
    • 7.3.5 Comments vs Naming
    • 7.3.6 Procedural and Functional Abstraction
    • 7.3.7 Commenting in General
  • 7.4 Tools
  • 7.5 Documents
• 8 Verification
  • 8.1 Purpose
  • 8.2 Tasks
    • 8.2.1 Testing the System
    • 8.2.2 Reviews of Design and Code
  • 8.3 Documents
  • 8.4 Problems
• 9 Documentation
  • 9.1 The Internals Documentation
  • 9.2 Purpose of the Internals Documentation
  • 9.3 The Table of Contents
  • 9.4 Description of Data Structures
  • 9.5 Algorithms
  • 9.6 The User Manual
  • 9.7 Relevant Information Only
  • 9.8 The Table of Contents
  • 9.9 Index of Functions
  • 9.10 Other Indices
• 10 On Languages
  • 10.1 Choosing a Programming Language
  • 10.2 The Language of the Application
  • 10.3 Hidden Languages
  • 10.4 Formalizing the Input Language
  • 10.5 Consequences of Formalizing Input
  • 10.6 Increasing Power of the Input Language
  • 10.7 Reconsidering Choice of Language
• 11 Development Models
  • 11.1 Traditional Development Models
  • 11.2 Problems With the Traditional Model
  • 11.3 An Alternative Development Model
    • 11.3.1 Basis of Alternative Model
    • 11.3.2 A Historical Perspective
    • 11.3.3 A Continuum of Prototypes
    • 11.3.4 Alternative Model
    • 11.3.5 Acceptance of Alternative Model
  • 11.4 Consequences of Alternative Model
    • 11.4.1 Design for Change
    • 11.4.2 Design for Reusability
    • 11.4.3 Requirements on Resuable Software
• References
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