Guide to Efficient Software Design

This classroom-tested textbook presents an active-learning approach to the foundational concepts of software design. These concepts are then applied to a case study, and reinforced through practice exercises, with the option to follow either a structured design or object-oriented design paradigm. The text applies an incremental and iterative software development approach, emphasizing the use of design characteristics and modeling techniques as a way to represent higher levels of design abstraction, and promoting the model-view-controller (MVC) architecture. Topics and features: provides a case study to illustrate the various concepts discussed throughout the book, offering an in-depth look at the pros and cons of different software designs; includes discussion questions and hands-on exercises that extend the case study and apply the concepts to other problem domains; presents a review of program design fundamentals to reinforce understanding of the basic concepts; focuses on a bottom-up approach to describing software design concepts; introduces the characteristics of a good software design, emphasizing the model-view-controller as an underlying architectural principle; describes software design from both object-oriented and structured perspectives; examines additional topics on human-computer interaction design, quality assurance, secure design, design patterns, and persistent data storage design; discusses design concepts that may be applied to many types of software development projects; suggests a template for a software design document, and offers ideas for further learning. Students of computer science and software engineering will find this textbook to be indispensable for advanced undergraduate courses on programming and software design. Prior background knowledge and experience of programming is required, but familiarity in software design is not assumed.

Presents software design as an important step in developing software, regardless of the software development process used Emphasizes model-view-controller (MVC) as an underlying architectural principle Provides numerous classroom-tested discussion questions, hands-on exercises, and illuminating case studies to help students to improve their practical programming skills

Autorentext
Dr. David P. Voorhees is Director of Computer Science, Cybersecurity, and Software Applications & Systems Development, and McDevitt Associate Chair of Computer Science in the Department of Mathematics & Computer Science at Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY, USA.

Inhalt

Introduction to Software Design.- Part I: Program Design Fundamentals .- Program Design Criteria and Simple Design Models.- OOP Case Study: Use Program Design Criteria and Simple Models.- SP Case Study: Use Program Design Criteria and Simple Models.- Program Design and Performance.- OOP Case Study: Considering Performance.- SP Case Study: Considering Performance.- Program Design and Security.- OOP Case Study: Considering Security.- SP Case Study: Considering Security.- Part II: Introduction to Software Design .- Characteristics of Good Software Design.- OOD Case Study: Transition to Software Design.- SD Case Study: Transition to Software Design.- Introduction to Model-View-Controller.- OOD Case Study: Model-View-Controller.- SD Case Study: Model-View-Controller.- Part III: Software Design Perspectives .- Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Design.- OOD Case Study: Text-based User Interface.- SD Case Study: Text-based User Interface.- Model-View-Controller: TUI versus GUI.- OOD Case Study: Graphical-based User Interface.- SD Case Study: Graphical-based User Interface.- Is Your Design Clear, Concise, and Complete?.- Software Design and Security.- OOD Case Study: More Security Requirements.- SD Case Study: More Security Requirements.- Introduction to Design Patterns.- OOD Case Study: Design Patterns.- SD Case Study: Design Patterns.- Modeling Persistent Data.- Persistent Data Storage.- OOD Case Study: Persistent Storage.- SD Case Study: Persistent Storage.- Part IV: Wrap-Up .- Software Design Document.- What's Next?