An Introduction To Software

Development Using Python

Spring Semester, 2015

Class #1:

Introduction & Goals

Goals Of This Class

1. Provide an introduction to how software is designed and created.

2. Learn how to understand what customers want and then how to design software to do it.

3. Experience the challenges of writing software programs to solve specific problems.

4. Learn the Python computer language.

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How Will We Accomplish Our Goals?

DesignProcess

DesignTools

ProfessionalSkills

ProjectManagement

Your mission is to learn to:1. Understand what is required.2. Create a design that can be coded.3. Code a solution.4. Test your solution.5. Package your solution for delivery.

What We’ll Accomplish In 50.4 Hours

1.Help you to start to become a software developer.

2.To better understand professional software design.

3.Provide guidance for executing design projects.

Ray Dolby Hyman Rickover Steve Wozniak Marissa Mayer

Book For This Class

Python For Everyone

from $57.20 - $127.10

What Is A (Software) Engineer?

en-gi-neer (n) 1. One versed in the design, construction, and use of machines.

2. One who employs the innovative and methodical application of scientific knowledge and technology to produce a device, system, or process which is intended to satisfy human needs.

– American College Dictionary

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Creating A Software Program

• Customer requirement:

Get out of bed and go to school.

• Software requirements:1. Get out of bed

2. Go to the bathroom

3. Go to the kitchen

4. Get cereal bowl, get cereal, get milk, get O.J., get spoon, get banana

5. Place cereal in bowl, pour milk on it, peel banana

6. Sit at table

7. Eat breakfast

8. Go to room

9. Take shower

10. Get dressed: socks, shirt, pants, shoes

11. Grab backpack, laptop, cell phone

12. Shut and lock the door

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Class Exercise

• Customer Says:

Make a sandwich

• You Design A Program To:

???

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Software Engineering

RequirementsAnalysis

SpecificationDevelopment

SoftwareDesign

Test &Verification

Maintenance

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What We Covered Today

1. Renamed the class to “An Introduction To Software Development Using Python”.

2. Identified the goals of the class.

3. Got you to agree to show up for each class.

4. Finally figured out what an software engineer is.

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What We’ll Be Covering Next Time

1. Two primary concerns of software projects.

2. 3 things that great software development delivers

3. What are “iterations”?

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