Software Design and Development: The HSC Course
Published on 23. May 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-0-521-00645-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Interest Age: From 14 to 16 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 40 Tables, unspecified; 50 Halftones, unspecified; 20 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 195 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
629 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-00645-3 (9780521006453)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Carole Wilson is a Learning Support Technology Coordinator with more than 15 years experience teaching computing to middle and upper secondary students. She has run in-service to teachers on the application of technology in the classroom and has industry experience in the development of Intranets and Internet sites.
Content
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.