Introduction to Software Engineering
Here are some notes or highlights I took from the book Beginning Software Engineering by Rod Stephens. I liked this book a lot, because it has many jokes in between that makes you enjoy the reading. Actually everything starts with a pretty nice joke in the book introduction: Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots. So far the universe is winning. - Rick Cook And Rod a reflection about Software Engineering importance: To produce applications that are effective, safe, and reliable, you can't just sit down and start typing. You need a plan. You need … <drumroll> … software engineering. - Rod Stephens So, What is Software Engineering? Formal mode: “An organized, analytical approach to the design, development, use, and maintenance of software.” Intuitive mode: Software engineering is e...