Software Engineering: Implementation and Testing

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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Software Engineering: Implementation and Testing

This course is part of Software Engineering Specialization

Instructor: Kenneth Wai-Ting Leung

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7 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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7 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

150 reviews

Intermediate level

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2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

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Unified Modeling Language

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There are 7 modules in this course

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is the process of developing software through planning, requirement analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance. This course focuses on the implementation and testing phases of SDLC, and you will examine different software development processes for large software systems development, and understand the strengths (pros) and weaknesses (cons) of different software development processes. You will also encounter defensive programming techniques to prevent software bugs during implementation, and learn how to test your system thoroughly using different types of test cases.

Welcome to the first module of this course! In this module, you will learn: (1) The tasks involved in software development. (2) The processes involved in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

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3 videos1 reading1 assignment

In this module, you will learn: (1) Different software development processes, including Waterfall, Code-and-Fix, Prototyping, Spiral, Phased-Released, Agile, Extreme Programming, Continuous Integration, Scrum, and Unified Process.

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3 videos3 readings1 assignment

3 videosTotal 33 minutes

Lecture 2-1 Software Development Processes12 minutes
Lecture 2-2 Agile17 minutes
Lecture 2-3 Unified Process3 minutes

3 readingsTotal 30 minutes

Lecture 2 - Software Development10 minutes
Lecture 2 - Software Development Case Study Exercise10 minutes
Lecture 2 - Software Development Case Study Exercise (Solution)10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Quiz 2 - Software Development30 minutes

In this module, you will learn: (1) The purpose and the major activities of implementation. (2) Defensive programming techniques to prevent software bugs during implementation.

What's included

3 videos3 readings1 assignment

In this module, you will learn: (1) Different techniques for debugging. (2) Configuration management to manage, control and monitor changes to life cycle artifacts.

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2 videos1 reading1 assignment

In this module, you will learn: (1) The purpose of testing. (2) Design tests that have the highest likelihood of finding defects with the minimum amount of time and effort. (3) What is White Box testing. (4) Revealing subdomains for Basis Path Testing.

What's included

3 videos3 readings1 assignment

In this module, you will learn: (1) Revealing subdomains for Condition Testing, Loop Testing, and Data Flow Testing. (2) What is Black Box testing. (3) Revealing subdomains with equivalence partitioning. (4) Revealing subdomains for Boundary Testing.

What's included

3 videos3 readings1 assignment

In this module, you will learn: (1) How to perform tests. (2) How to evaluate tests. (3) Deriving test case for Acceptance Testing.

What's included

3 videos3 readings1 assignment

3 videosTotal 27 minutes

Lecture 7-1 Perform Tests6 minutes
Lecture 7-2 Unit/Integration/System Testing14 minutes
Lecture 7-3 Acceptance Testing Example7 minutes

3 readingsTotal 180 minutes

Lecture 7 - Testing60 minutes
Lecture 7 - Acceptance Testing Exercise60 minutes
Lecture 7 - Acceptance Testing Exercise (Solution)60 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Quiz 7 - Testing30 minutes

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Reviewed on Apr 20, 2025

Direct to the point lecture. Good information and background on Software Development, implementation and testing.

Reviewed on Sep 30, 2024

Great way to learn Implementation and testing in software engineering.

Reviewed on Jan 14, 2025

Helps me to understand the overall SDLC PROCESS, GREAT COURSE

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