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Title
Concise guide to software engineering : from fundamentals to application methods / Gerard O'Regan.
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
9783031078163 (electronic bk.)
3031078160 (electronic bk.)
9783031078156
3031078152
Published
Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxvii, 444 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-07816-3 doi
Call Number
QA76.758
Dewey Decimal Classification
005.1
Summary
This long-awaiting new edition of an essential textbook concisely introduces the fundamental principles of software engineering, also offering practical guidance on how to apply the theory in a real-world, industrial environment. The wide-ranging coverage encompasses all areas of software design, management, and quality. Topics and features: Presents a broad overview of software engineering, including software lifecycles and phases in software development, and project management for software engineering Includes key learning topics, summaries, and review questions in each chapter, together with a useful glossary Discusses professional responsibilities of software engineers Discusses ethical and privacy challenges in software engineering, software design and development, and project management and outsourcing Explains formal methods, a set of mathematical techniques to specify and derive a program from its specification Describes innovations in the field of software as distributed systems, service-oriented architecture, software as a service, cloud computing, and embedded systems Investigates legal aspects of software engineering including patent and copyright law, as well as legal aspects of outsourcing Examines the field of cybersecurity and cybercrime This practical and easy-to-follow textbook/reference is ideal for computer science students seeking to learn how to build high-quality and reliable software on time and on budget. The text also serves as a self-study primer for software engineers, quality professionals, and software managers. Dr. Gerard ORegan is an Assistant Professor in Mathematics at the University of Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan. He is the author of several books in the Mathematics and Computing fields, including A Brief History of Computing, with Springer.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on print version record.
Series
Undergraduate topics in computer science.
1. Fundamentals of Software Engineering
2. Ethics and Professional Responsibility
3. Ethical Software Engineering
4. Software Project Management
5. Requirements Engineering
6. Software Design and Development
7. Software Inspections
8. Software Testing
9. Data Science and Privacy
10. Software Metrics and Problem Solving
11. Supplier Selection and Management
12. Configuration Management
13. Software Quality Assurance
14. Agile Methodology
15. Software Reliability and Dependability
16. Formal Methods
17. Z Specification Language.
