Software Engineering

Course Description

This Software Engineering course offers an introduction to the principles and practices of software engineering using Python. Through theoretical lectures and hands-on assignments, students will explore the entire software development lifecycle, from coding and testing to deployment and maintenance. The course will combine individual and team projects, ensuring students gain practical experience in collaborative software development.

Learning Goals

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

1. Understand the principles and practices of software engineering.

2. Apply Python programming to solve complex software problems.

3. Utilize various software development methodologies and version control systems.

4. Conduct software testing, debugging, and optimization.

5. Collaborate in team settings and manage software projects efficiently.

Grading

• Participation: 10%

• Midterm: 30%

• Term Project: 60%

Course Outline

• Introduction
  • Software Engineering?
  • Software Processes
  • Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  • Requirements Engineering (RE)
• Project Proposal
  • Steps in Software Engineering Projects
  • Software Engineering Proposal Guideline
  • Project Proposal Template
• Version Control Systems
  • 0. Introduction to version control
  • 1. Solo work with git
  • 2. Fixing mistakes
  • 3. Publishing
  • 4. Collaboration
  • 5. Fork and Pull
  • 6. Git Theory
  • 7. Branches
  • 8. Advanced git concepts
  • 9. Publishing from GitHub
  • 10. Rebasing
  • 11. Debugging With git bisect
  • 12. Working with multiple remotes
• Software Process Models
  • Agile Software Development
• DevOps
  • GitOps