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    CS2103/T Software Engineering

    A balanced, iterative, and brown-field introduction to Software Engineering...

    CS2103/T is an introductory Software Engineering module. It covers roughly a 50-50 balance of basic SE theory and practice that a student needs to know before going for SE internships in the industry or taking higher-level project modules. The module follows an iterative approach of going increasingly deeper into SE by exposing students to a series of increasingly bigger software projects. The module is notable as one of the rare SE modules that takes a brown-field approach to teaching SE.

    On the theory side, this module is supported by a customized online textbook Software Engineering for Self-Directed Learners, integrated into this module website.

    The practice side of this module is mainly covered by a team project. Students are expected to take over an existing project AddressBook-Level4 (AB4) -- a relatively small yet non-trivial (10 KLoC) generic product -- and enhance it into a better product or evolve it into a different product. To help students tackle the learning curve of working with 10 KLoC of code, the module takes them through a series of projects of increasing size, from AddressBook-Level1(1 KLoC) to AddressBook-Level3(4 KLoC).

    Given below is a summary of what the module covers and does not cover.

    Topic Covered Not covered
    Java Used heavily, but not taught syntax (reason: expected prerequisite knowledge)
    OOP Used in a non-trivial project, intermediate OOP principles basics (reason: expected prerequisite knowledge)
    SE tools/practices those typically used in a mature, high-rigor SE project those specific to start-ups
    Modeling Some UML notations (sufficient to be able to describe SE artifacts using models, such as seen in this Developer Guide of AB4) intensive upfront design modeling
    Requirements Some lightweight techniques to gather and document project requirements rapid prototyping, heavy UI design, designing a product from scratch
    Documentation Documentation targeting end users (example) as well as those targeting developers (example) Marketing materials
    Project Management Iterative delivery of a product, working collaboratively with team members, on-site as well as remotely Setting up project infrastructure from scratch
    Testing basic developer testing and user testing testing for non-functional aspects
    Applications domains Cross-platform desktop applications Web programming, Mobile programming, Database programming


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