Construction Practice – Type of Software Egineering practice
Filed Under Coding, Engineering, Process, Software | Posted on October 20, 2009
The construction activity encompasses a set of coding and testing tasks that lead to operational software that is ready for delivery to the customer or end-user. A set of fundamental principles and concepts are applicable to coding and testing. 1. Coding principles : A number of fundamental principles that can be stated are : – [...]
Testing details during the SDLC phases
Filed Under Coding, Development, Requirements, Testing | Posted on April 6, 2008
Details of testing requirements during broad phases of the SDLC: REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS Test activities that should be performed during this stage are: • Have a clear, concise and formal statement of the requirements; this means that the requirements statement should record the information as 1. What the program must do? 2. The input and data [...]
What is branching ?
Filed Under Coding, Development, Process, Terms | Posted on December 27, 2007
Branching, in revision control and software configuration management, is the duplication of an object under revision control (such as a source code file, or a directory tree) in such a way that the newly created object has initially the same contents as the version branched off from, and (more importantly) development (creation of new versions) [...]
Problems in trying to implement coding standards
Filed Under Coding, Document, Process, Software, Standards | Posted on October 13, 2007
Coding standards sound like the best thing possible; they help in getting uniformity, they enable easy transition, they promote easy code review and preparation of documents such as SDK’s, and so on. So why would you not be able to get coding standards implemented across development teams ? Mostly it is due to individuality. Most [...]