Software development : BCS level 4 certificate in IT study guide / Tig Williams, Dominic Myers, Dave Hartley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Tig, author.

Myers, Dominic, author.

Hartley, David (Composer), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages)

Place of Publication:

England : BCS Learning and Development Ltd, [2023]

Summary:

This interactive study guide will support candidates in developing fundamental knowledge and understanding of the programming life cycle and processes, the various phases of software development, and different types of programming concepts. It explains key concepts within the Software Development module and helps candidates prepare for their exams, including explainer videos, interactive questions and skills challenges aligned to the syllabus and with industry practice.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright

About BCS

Contents

List of figures

List of tables

List of videos

List of knowledge checks

List of skills challenges

Introduction

Chapter 1 - What is software?

1.1 Development options

Considering the end user

Open source versus closed source

1.2 Buying and selling software

1.3 System and application software

Chapter 2 - Back-end versus front-end development

2.1 User-friendly front-end development

2.2 Back-end development

2.3 Web-based versus application-specific development

Chapter 3 - The software development life cycle

3.1 The stages of software development

Initiation/identifying the problem

Requirements analysis

Feasibility and planning

Design

Software implementation/development

Testing

Release/deployment

Maintenance

Obsolescence

3.2 The secure software development life cycle

3.3 Development methodologies

Waterfall methodology

Agile methodology

3.4 Agile frameworks

The SCRUM framework

Initiation and requirements

Sprints

Test-driven development (TDD)

Behaviour-driven development (BDD)

Lean development

Chapter 4 - Understanding need and purpose

4.1 User requirements

4.2 Communication

4.3 The customer

4.4 Identifying the problem

Chapter 5 - Software development approaches

5.1 Procedural programming

Design using structure charts

Modules and libraries

5.2 Object-oriented programming

OOP key concepts

Advantages and disadvantages of OOP

5.3 Functional programming

Advantages and disadvantages of functional programming

5.4 Trends in development approaches

Parallel computing

Quantum computing

5.5 Software development standards

Chapter 6 - Databases

6.1 What is data?

6.2 Data structures

6.3 Basic concepts of databases.

6.4 Types of databases

Flat-file database

Relational databases

Object databases

6.5 Storing data

Chapter 7 - Code design techniques

7.1 Flowcharting

7.2 Pseudocode

7.3 Common issues with flowcharts and pseudocode

7.4 Mapping algorithm to code

7.5 Using pseudocode as labels

Chapter 8 - Developer tools

8.1 Integrated development environments

8.2 Translators

8.3 Version and source control

Chapter 9 - Code development

9.1 Subroutines

9.2 Algorithms

Basic sort algorithms

Efficiency of algorithms

Chapter 10 - User interface design and development

10.1 Types of UI

10.2 GUI design principles

10.3 Designing for accessibility

10.4 Languages, tools and techniques

10.5 Secure coding

10.6 Using coding resources

Chapter 11 - Software testing principles

11.1 The purpose of software testing

11.2 Test standards

11.3 The software test life cycle

11.4 Recording and reporting

11.5 Other testing life cycle models

11.6 Test levels

11.7 Test types

11.8 Test techniques and strategies

Chapter 12 - Implementation and deployment

12.1 Deploying into the live environment

Release strategies

12.2 Cloud deployment

Infrastructure-as-a-service

Platform-as-a-service

Chapter 13 - Support and maintenance

13.1 Internal customers

13.2 External customers

13.3 All customers

13.4 Continuous improvement

13.5 Release notes

13.6 Documenting code

13.7 Maintaining code

Back cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78017-603-1