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CSC-322
BS

Software Construction

(DE) Domain Elective Theory: 3 Cr. Hrs Total: 3 Cr. Hrs
Objectives: Main objectives of the course is to teach students to construct reliable software products from design documents by using multiple approaches of software development. Focus would be on testable description of modules.

Contents: Structured and OO implementation of design using design document(s) developed in CSC-212:SAD Modules specification from external specifications: internal specification / logic specification; Architectural styles for structured software systems: data-centered / data flow / call and return / layered / client-server; Factoring of a system: Modularity, partitioning: horizontal / vertical; Cohesion and coupling; Cohesion classification: functional / sequential / communication / procedural / temporal / logical/co-incidental; Representing design: Structured charts / process design language / interface description language /; Representing design for OO systems: class diagram, sequence diagram, package diagram; Design patterns: creational / structural / behavioral; Coding guidelines; Unit test design: walkthroughs, inspections, code reviews; Metrics: Cyclomatic complexity / data binding / cohesion metric.

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