Software Development, Design, and Coding: With Patterns, Debugging, Unit Testing, and Refactoring, 3rd Edition

Learn the principles of good software design and then turn those principles into great code. This book introduces you to software engineering, from the application of engineering principles to the development of software. You’ll see how to run a software development project, examine the different phases of a project, and learn how to design and implement programs that solve specific problems.

This book is also about code construction ― how to write great programs and make them work. Whether you’re new to programming or have written hundreds of applications, in this book you’ll re-examine what you already do, and you’ll investigate ways to improve. Using examples in the Java and C programming languages, you’ll look deeply into coding standards, debugging, unit testing, modularity, and other characteristics of effective programs.

This new third edition incorporates new content, new figures, clarifying revisions, and content reorganization across all chapters. The Software Development Approaches chapter has been updated to highlight the differences between lean and agile general approaches, their various specific implementations, and how they can be effectively combined in software development practices. The Project Management Essentials chapter has been expanded to incorporate “SoftAware Development”: a new paradigm which centers individuals, interpersonal relationships, and workplace culture as the heart of healthy and sustainable joint creation of software. Finally, a brand new chapter on intellectual property discusses copyright, patents, and how joint work affects code ownership rights.

You Will Learn

• Modern agile methodologies
• How to work on and with development teams
• How to leverage the capabilities of modern computer systems with parallel programming
• How to work with design patterns to exploit application development best practices
• How to use modern tools for development, collaboration, and source code controls

Dr. Vera A. Kazakova is a Computer Science educator and researcher, with expertise in artificial intelligence, experiential learning, and collaborative methodologies. With a PhD in AI focused on nature-inspired computation and emergent division of labor, her research spans CS Education, Evolutionary Computation, Narrative Generation, Decentralized Multi-Agent Systems, and Cyber Social Science. Dr. Kazakova also has extensive experience as a CS educator, having taught programming, artificial intelligence, research, and software development courses. Dr. Kazakova has coined the term “Soft-Aware Development” to encapsulate a holistic approach for building software, building stakeholder relationships, and building up each developer along the way. An ardent proponent of experiential learning and agile methodologies, Dr. Kazakova champions a multi-sprint learning architecture that enables students to adapt and iterate, fostering a shared environment of continuous growth. Her passion for collaboration, from simplistic autonomous agents to human developers, and members of large online communities, sets her apart as an advocate for a more interconnected, empathetic, and empowering approach to CS research, education, and software development.