Software Design and Development covers all aspects of the NSW Preliminary Software Design and Development course with comprehensive coverage of all theoretical topics. Outcomes are provided for each chapter directly related to the course content. Students' understanding of theory is developed with extensive practical examples and projects in a range of programming languages. The level of language will be understandable to the vast majority of students. Theory is accompanied by exercises for each module and extensive illustrations, provided to widen students' understanding of concepts. A glossary of terms will allow easy reference to concepts used in the course.

 

This book is part of a book series called Cambridge Secondary It .

There are 312 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Cambridge University Press .

Carole Wilson has many years of experience as a classroom teacher, coordinator and teacher inservice leader in the computing field. She has also written several successful IT titles for the NSW curriculum.

This book has the following chapters: Part I. Development and impact of software solutions: 1. Social and ethical issues; 2. Application of software development approaches; Part II. The Software Development Cycle: 3. Defining and understanding the problem; 4. Planning and design of software solutions; 5. Implementation of software solutions; 6. Testing and evaluation of software solutions; 7. Maintenance of software solutions; Part III. Developing a Solution Package: 8. Developing a solution package; 9. Option 1: Evolution of programming languages; 10. Option 2: Software developer's view of the hardware; Glossary; Index.