This course offers a thorough exploration of software engineering, emphasizing current trends, methodologies, and best practices in the field. Students will engage with foundational concepts, component-based design, web engineering, reengineering processes, and embedded systems. The course integrates theory with practical applications, preparing students to tackle complex software development challenges.
UNIT I: Foundations of Software Engineering
Introduction to software engineering concepts and principles.
Mathematical preliminaries and formal specification languages.
Utilizing Z notation for software component representation.
Key principles: the ten commandments of formal methods.
UNIT II: Component-Based and Client/Server Engineering
Overview of Component-Based Software Engineering (CBSE): processes, domain engineering, and component classification.
Economic implications of CBSE and component retrieval.
Structure and analysis of client/server systems.
Software engineering considerations for client/server architectures.
UNIT III: Web Engineering
Characteristics of web-based applications and the WebE process.
Framework for analyzing and designing web systems.
Testing strategies for web applications and management considerations.
Exploration of business process reengineering and software reengineering methodologies.
UNIT IV: Model-Based Development and Testing
Introduction to Model View Controller (MVC) and Presentation Abstraction Control.
UML-based development and use case formulation.
Testing in mobile infrastructures: validating use cases and addressing mobility challenges.
Case study of an IT company's design and implementation process.
UNIT V: Embedded and Real-Time Systems
Characteristics and architecture of embedded systems.
Control systems, including interrupt management and multitasking strategies.
Domain analysis and requirements engineering for embedded software.
Comprehensive approach to software analysis, design, testing, validation, and debugging.
Basic understanding of programming concepts, software development methodologies, and familiarity with mathematical foundations.
Lectures, interactive labs, group projects, and case studies.