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Software Engineering for Beginners

Everything you need to know for developing high-quality software programs is covered here.

(SOFTWARE-ENGG.AE3) / ISBN : 978-1-64459-422-3
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The Software Engineering training for beginners is the perfect course to start a career in this exciting field of software development and programming. You’ll gain the knowledge and skills needed to design user-friendly software solutions from scratch. The comprehensive course content covers the core principles of software engineering, including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance. You’ll be exploring Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), and programming with a focus on algorithms, data structures, and popular programming languages. By the end of this online Software Engineering course for beginners, you’ll be able to design and develop user-friendly software interfaces.

Skills You’ll Get

  • Complete understanding of SDLC from requirements gathering to deployment and maintenance
  • Create both high-level and low-level designs, including object-oriented design (OOD) and database design
  • Ensure software quality with various testing techniques like unit testing, integration testing, system testing, acceptance testing
  • Strategize and process software deployment in various environments
  • Updating software to address bugs, security vulnerabilities, and new features
  • Expertise in a programming language (Python, Java, C++) and paradigms (procedural, object-oriented, functional)
  • Knowledge of fundamental data structures and algorithms
  • Utilize version control systems to manage code changes and collaborate with other developers
  • Knowledge of software architectural patterns for designing, scalability and maintenance
  • Familiarity with UX principles for designing user-friendly software interfaces

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1

Introduction

  • What Is Software Engineering?
  • Why Is Software Engineering Important?
  • Who Should Read This Course?
2

Software Engineering from 20,000 Feet

  • Requirements Gathering
  • High-Level Design
  • Low-Level Design
  • Development
  • Testing
  • Deployment
  • Maintenance
  • Wrap-Up
  • Everything All At Once
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson
3

Before the Beginning

  • Document Management
  • Historical Documents
  • Email
  • Code
  • Code Documentation
  • Application Documentation
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson
4

The Team

  • Team Features
  • Team Roles
  • Team Culture
  • Interviews
  • Physical Environment
  • Collaboration Software
  • Outsourcing
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson
5

Project Management

  • Executive Support
  • Project Management
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson
6

Requirements Gathering

  • Requirements Defined
  • Requirement Categories
  • Gathering Requirements
  • Refining Requirements
  • Recording Requirements
  • Validation And Verification
  • Changing Requirements
  • Digital Transformation
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson
7

High-Level Design

  • The Big Picture
  • What To Specify
  • Uml
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson
8

Low-Level Design

  • Design Approaches
  • Oo Design
  • Database Design
  • When To Optimize
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson
9

Security Design

  • Security Goals
  • Security Types
  • Cybersecurity
  • Shift-Left Security
  • Malware Menagerie
  • Phishing And Spoofing
  • Social Engineering Attacks
  • Crapware
  • Password Attacks
  • User Access
  • Countermeasures
  • Cyber Insurance
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson
10

User Experience Design

  • Design Mindset
  • Design Guidelines
  • Form Design
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson
11

Programming

  • Tools
  • Algorithms
  • Top-Down Design
  • Programming Tips And Tricks
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson
12

Algorithms

  • Algorithm Study
  • Algorithmic Approaches
  • Algorithm Characteristics
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson
13

Programming Languages

  • The Myth Of Picking A Language
  • Language Generations
  • Language Families
  • The Best Language
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson
14

Testing

  • Testing Goals
  • Reasons Bugs Never Die
  • Levels Of Testing
  • Testing Techniques
  • Testing Habits
  • How To Fix A Bug
  • Estimating Number Of Bugs
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson
15

Deployment

  • Scope
  • The Plan
  • Cutover
  • Deployment Tasks
  • Deployment Mistakes
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson
16

Metrics

  • Wrap Party
  • Defect Analysis
  • Software Metrics
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson
17

Maintenance

  • Maintenance Costs
  • Task Categories
  • Task Execution
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson
18

Predictive Models

  • Model Approaches
  • Prerequisites
  • Predictive And Adaptive
  • Waterfall
  • Waterfall With Feedback
  • Sashimi
  • Incremental Waterfall
  • V-Model
  • Software Development Life Cycle
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson
19

Iterative Models

  • Iterative Vs. Predictive
  • Iterative Vs. Incremental
  • Prototypes
  • Spiral
  • Unified Process
  • Cleanroom
  • Cowboy Coding
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson
20

RAD

  • RAD Principles
  • James Martin Rad
  • Agile
  • XP
  • Scrum
  • Lean
  • Crystal
  • Feature-Driven Development
  • Disciplined Agile Delivery
  • Primary Roles
  • Secondary Roles
  • Dynamic Systems Development Method
  • Kanban
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson
21

Software Ethics

  • Ethical Behavior
  • Responsibility
  • Thought Experiments
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson
22

Future Trends

  • Security
  • UX/UI
  • Code Packaging
  • Cloud Technology
  • Software Development
  • Algorithms
  • Tech Toys
  • Summary
  • What You Learned In This Lesson

1

Software Engineering from 20,000 Feet

  • Understanding Software Development Project Phases
2

Before the Beginning

  • Sending an Email Using Confidential Mode
  • Documenting and Commenting on the HTML5 Code
3

The Team

  • Analyzing Team-Building Features
4

Project Management

  • Creating a PERT Chart
  • Creating a Gantt Chart
5

Requirements Gathering

  • Understanding the FURPS+ Categories
  • Understanding Requirements Techniques and Methods
6

High-Level Design

  • Understanding the Class Diagram Visibility Symbols
7

Low-Level Design

  • Normalizing Unnormalized Data to 1NF
  • Normalizing Data from 1NF to 2NF
  • Normalizing Data from 2NF to 3NF
8

User Experience Design

  • Customizing the Word's Ribbon Interface
  • Understanding Printer Configuration
  • Designing a Form
9

Programming

  • Using the Sorting Algorithm
  • Implementing Software Programming Using Factorial
10

Algorithms

  • Understanding Recursion
  • Implementing Caching Using ARP
11

Programming Languages

  • Using a Fourth-Generation Language to Retrieve Specific Data
  • Using an Object-Oriented Language to Create a Class
12

Testing

  • Understanding the Testing Techniques
13

Metrics

  • Creating an Ishikawa Diagram
14

Maintenance

  • Understanding the Types of Maintenance Tasks
15

Predictive Models

  • Understanding the Waterfall Model
16

Iterative Models

  • Understanding the Spiral Model
17

RAD

  • Understanding the RAD Model

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This is the ideal training program for all those wanting to make a career in the exciting field. It is recommended to beginners wanting to start learning software development; professionals from other fields wanting to shift into software engineering; or enthusiasts wanting to explore this domain.

No, you don’t need any prior knowledge or experience for taking this course.

Along with the core concepts and fundamental knowledge of software engineering, this course also touches upon advanced topics like complex algorithms and data structures, distributed systems, machine learning and artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and cloud computing.

There are a variety of job opportunities you can explore that include front-end developer, back-end developer, full-stack developer, mobile app developer, software engineer, game developer, data scientist, cybersecurity engineer, cloud engineer, DevOps engineer and many more.

You’ll have to score at least 90% in the readiness score of your final assessment exam to get your badge of certification.

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