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<blockquote data-quote="Honda.putha" data-source="post: 28553655" data-attributes="member: 565644"><p>Here are the most important subjects for software engineering, with brief explanations:</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>1.Object oriented analysis & design</strong>: For better maintainability, reusability and faster development, the most well accepted approach, shortly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_analysis_and_design" target="_blank">OOAD</a> and its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOLID_%28object-oriented_design%29" target="_blank">SOLID</a> principals are very important for software engineering.</p><p></p><p><strong>2.Software quality factors</strong>: Software engineering depends on some very important <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_quality" target="_blank">quality factors</a>. Understanding and applying them is crucial.</p><p></p><p><strong>3.Data structures & algorithms</strong>: Basic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_data_structures" target="_blank">data structures</a> like array, list, stack, tree, map, set etc. and useful <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_algorithms" target="_blank">algorithms</a> are vital for software development. Their logical structure should be known.</p><p></p><p><strong>4</strong>. <strong>Big-O notation: </strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_O_notation" target="_blank">Big-O notation</a> indicates the performance of an algorithm/code section. Understanding it is very important for comparing performances.</p><p></p><p><strong>5.UML notation</strong>: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Modeling_Language" target="_blank">UML</a> is the universal and complete language for software design & analysis. If there is lack of UML in a development process, it feels there is no engineering.</p><p></p><p><strong>6.Software processes and metrics</strong>: Software enginnering is not a random process. It requires a high level of systematic and some numbers to monitor those techniques. So, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_process" target="_blank">processes </a>and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_metric" target="_blank">metrics</a> are essential.</p><p></p><p><strong>7.Design patterns</strong>: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_design_pattern" target="_blank">Design patterns</a> are standard and most effective solutions for specific problems. If you don't want to reinvent the wheel, you should learn them.</p><p></p><p><strong>8.Operating systems basics</strong>: Learning <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system" target="_blank">OS</a> basics is very important because all applications runs on it. By learning it, we can have better vision, viewpoints and performance for our applications.</p><p></p><p><strong>9.Computer organization basics</strong>: All applications including OS requires a hardware for physical interaction. So, learning <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microarchitecture" target="_blank">computer organization</a> basics is vital again for better vision, viewpoints and performance.</p><p></p><p><strong>10.Network basics</strong>: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_network" target="_blank">Network</a> is related with computer organization, OS and the whole information transfer process. In any case we will face it while software development. So, it is important to learn network basics.</p><p></p><p><strong>11.Requirement analysis</strong>: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requirements_analysis" target="_blank">Requirement analysis</a> is the starting point and one of the most important parts of software engineering. Performing it correctly and practically needs experience but it is very essential.</p><p></p><p><strong>12.Software testing</strong>: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_testing" target="_blank">Testing</a> is another important part of software engineering. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_testing" target="_blank">Unit testing</a>, its <a href="http://richard.jp.leguen.ca/tutoring/soen343-f2010/tutorials/properties-of-good-unit-tests" target="_blank">best practices</a> and techniques like black box, white box, mocking, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development" target="_blank">TDD</a>, integration testing etc. are subjects which must be known.</p><p></p><p><strong>13.Dependency management</strong>: Library (JAR, DLL etc.) management, and widely known tools (Maven, Ant, Ivy etc.) are essential for large projects. Otherwise, antipatterns like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Classloader#JAR_hell" target="_blank">Jar Hell</a> are inevitable.</p><p></p><p><strong>14.Continuous integration</strong>: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_integration" target="_blank">Continuous integration</a> brings easiness and automaticity for testing large modules, components and also performs auto-versioning. Its aim and tools (like <a href="http://hudson-ci.org/" target="_blank">Hudson</a> etc.) should be known.</p><p></p><p><strong>15.ORM (Object relational mapping)</strong>: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-relational_mapping" target="_blank">ORM</a> and its widely known implementation Hibernate framework is an important technique for mapping objects into database tables. It reduces code length and maintenance time.</p><p></p><p><strong>16.DI (Dependency Injection)</strong>: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependency_injection" target="_blank">DI or IoC</a> (Inversion of Control) and its widely known implementation Spring framework makes life easy for object creation and lifetime management on big enterprise applications.</p><p></p><p><strong>17.Version controlling systems</strong>: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control" target="_blank">VCS</a> tools (SVN, TFS, CVS etc.) are very important by saving so much time for collaborative works and versioning. Their logical viewpoint and standard cammands should be known. </p><p></p><p><strong>18.Internationalization (i18n)</strong>: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization" target="_blank">i18n</a> by extracting strings into external files is the best way of supporting multiple languages in our applications. Its practices on different IDEs and technologies must be known.</p><p></p><p><strong>19.Architectural patterns</strong>: Understanding <a href="http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/42830/Model-View-Controller-Model-View-Presenter-and-Mod" target="_blank">architectural design patterns</a> (like MVC, MVP, MVVM etc.) is essential for producing a maintainable, clean, extendable and testable source code.</p><p></p><p><strong>20.Writing clean code</strong>: Working code is not enough, it must be readable and maintainable also. So, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prettyprint" target="_blank">code formatting</a> and <a href="http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/top-15-best-practices-for-writing-super-readable-code/" target="_blank">readable code</a> development techniques are needed to be known and applied.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Honda.putha, post: 28553655, member: 565644"] Here are the most important subjects for software engineering, with brief explanations: [B]1.Object oriented analysis & design[/B]: For better maintainability, reusability and faster development, the most well accepted approach, shortly [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_analysis_and_design']OOAD[/URL] and its [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOLID_%28object-oriented_design%29']SOLID[/URL] principals are very important for software engineering. [B]2.Software quality factors[/B]: Software engineering depends on some very important [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_quality']quality factors[/URL]. Understanding and applying them is crucial. [B]3.Data structures & algorithms[/B]: Basic [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_data_structures']data structures[/URL] like array, list, stack, tree, map, set etc. and useful [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_algorithms']algorithms[/URL] are vital for software development. Their logical structure should be known. [B]4[/B]. [B]Big-O notation: [/B][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_O_notation']Big-O notation[/URL] indicates the performance of an algorithm/code section. Understanding it is very important for comparing performances. [B]5.UML notation[/B]: [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Modeling_Language']UML[/URL] is the universal and complete language for software design & analysis. If there is lack of UML in a development process, it feels there is no engineering. [B]6.Software processes and metrics[/B]: Software enginnering is not a random process. It requires a high level of systematic and some numbers to monitor those techniques. So, [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_process']processes [/URL]and [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_metric']metrics[/URL] are essential. [B]7.Design patterns[/B]: [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_design_pattern']Design patterns[/URL] are standard and most effective solutions for specific problems. If you don't want to reinvent the wheel, you should learn them. [B]8.Operating systems basics[/B]: Learning [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system']OS[/URL] basics is very important because all applications runs on it. By learning it, we can have better vision, viewpoints and performance for our applications. [B]9.Computer organization basics[/B]: All applications including OS requires a hardware for physical interaction. So, learning [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microarchitecture']computer organization[/URL] basics is vital again for better vision, viewpoints and performance. [B]10.Network basics[/B]: [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_network']Network[/URL] is related with computer organization, OS and the whole information transfer process. In any case we will face it while software development. So, it is important to learn network basics. [B]11.Requirement analysis[/B]: [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requirements_analysis']Requirement analysis[/URL] is the starting point and one of the most important parts of software engineering. Performing it correctly and practically needs experience but it is very essential. [B]12.Software testing[/B]: [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_testing']Testing[/URL] is another important part of software engineering. [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_testing']Unit testing[/URL], its [URL='http://richard.jp.leguen.ca/tutoring/soen343-f2010/tutorials/properties-of-good-unit-tests']best practices[/URL] and techniques like black box, white box, mocking, [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development']TDD[/URL], integration testing etc. are subjects which must be known. [B]13.Dependency management[/B]: Library (JAR, DLL etc.) management, and widely known tools (Maven, Ant, Ivy etc.) are essential for large projects. Otherwise, antipatterns like [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Classloader#JAR_hell']Jar Hell[/URL] are inevitable. [B]14.Continuous integration[/B]: [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_integration']Continuous integration[/URL] brings easiness and automaticity for testing large modules, components and also performs auto-versioning. Its aim and tools (like [URL='http://hudson-ci.org/']Hudson[/URL] etc.) should be known. [B]15.ORM (Object relational mapping)[/B]: [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-relational_mapping']ORM[/URL] and its widely known implementation Hibernate framework is an important technique for mapping objects into database tables. It reduces code length and maintenance time. [B]16.DI (Dependency Injection)[/B]: [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependency_injection']DI or IoC[/URL] (Inversion of Control) and its widely known implementation Spring framework makes life easy for object creation and lifetime management on big enterprise applications. [B]17.Version controlling systems[/B]: [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control']VCS[/URL] tools (SVN, TFS, CVS etc.) are very important by saving so much time for collaborative works and versioning. Their logical viewpoint and standard cammands should be known. [B]18.Internationalization (i18n)[/B]: [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization']i18n[/URL] by extracting strings into external files is the best way of supporting multiple languages in our applications. Its practices on different IDEs and technologies must be known. [B]19.Architectural patterns[/B]: Understanding [URL='http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/42830/Model-View-Controller-Model-View-Presenter-and-Mod']architectural design patterns[/URL] (like MVC, MVP, MVVM etc.) is essential for producing a maintainable, clean, extendable and testable source code. [B]20.Writing clean code[/B]: Working code is not enough, it must be readable and maintainable also. So, [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prettyprint']code formatting[/URL] and [URL='http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/top-15-best-practices-for-writing-super-readable-code/']readable code[/URL] development techniques are needed to be known and applied. [/QUOTE]
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