Welcome to Software Construction Software development or construction includes: Problem definition Requirements development Construction planning Software architecture or high-level design Detailed design Coding and debugging Unit testing Integration testing Integration System Testing Corrective Maintenance Construction focuses on coding and debugging, but also includes detailed design, unit testing, integration testing, and other activities Areas not included… Continue reading Code Complete

Best Friends Friends can use flashlights to communicate (i.e. morse code) In book, code means system for transferring info among people and machines All facets of communication (audio, visual, etc) corresponds to some kind of code Codes and Combinations Easier to send than receive because harder to map dots and dashes than letters Could group… Continue reading Code: The Hidden Language of Hardware and Software

The Psychopathology of Everyday Things Intro Two of the most important characteristics of good design: discoverability and understanding Discoverability: Is it possible to figure out what actions are possible and how to perform them? Understanding: What does it all mean? How is it supposed to be used? Simple things should not require manuals The Complexity… Continue reading The Design of Everyday Things

Object-orientated Design design doesn’t only occur at the beginning, usually analysis, programming, design tend to overlap objects are models of things that can do things and have certain things done to them formally, an object is a collection of data and associated behaviors OO Analysis: looking at a problem, system or task and indentifying the… Continue reading Python 3: Object Orientated Programming

Values, Types, and Operators inside computer there is only data computers have volatile and non-volatile storage so much data so we separate into chunks called values types: numbers, strings, boolean, objects, functions, undefined Javascript uses 64 bit to represent numbers Logical operators: && (and), || (or), ! (not) true ? 1 : 2 (ternary) null… Continue reading Eloquent JavaScript

Not a book, but found a series of videos on database design that I found pretty helpful. Link: Database Design What is a Database? stores data more complex than spreadsheets easily get what you want and secure What is a Relational Database? relation is connection between data entity: anything we store data about (e.g. person) attribute:… Continue reading Database Design

Computers and Programs A computer is a universal information-processing machine Computer science is the study of what can be computed: design, analysis, and experimentation Computer system comprised of: 1) CPU, the brain 2) CPU acts on data and programs in main memory (RAM), 3) More permanent memory in secondary memory devices All languages share property… Continue reading Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science