Course details
Practical Aspects of Software Design
IVS Acad. year 2024/2025 Summer semester 5 credits
Fundamentals of Unix philosophy and their use in programming, the role of code testing and the test-driven development, component-oriented code, performance issues, profiling, distributed version management, parallel computing, big data, practical experience of software teams.
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Why is the course tought
The course IVS was established as a preparatory course for student collaboration on research at the FIT. It provides students with insight into the entire process of SW development from planning, design, implementation and testing to final product deployment in the customer's company. The graduate will know what each stage of SW development involves and what tools are used in it, which will allow him/her to be better oriented when choosing his / her specialization and other elective courses. An essential part of the course is the preparation of students for teamwork on SW development and familiarization with version control systems, as these are basic knowledge and skills for developing any larger SW.
Exam prerequisites
At least 50 points.
Guarantor
Course coordinator
Language of instruction
Completion
Time span
- 26 hrs lectures
- 26 hrs projects
Assessment points
- 30 pts mid-term test (written part)
- 70 pts projects
Department
Lecturer
Dytrych Jaroslav, Ing., Ph.D. (DCGM)
Kozák David, Ing. (DITS)
Malík Viktor, Ing., Ph.D. (DITS)
Regéciová Dominika, Ing. (DIFS)
Smrž Pavel, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (DCGM)
Švec Tomáš, Ing. (DCGM)
Veigend Petr, Ing., Ph.D. (DITS)
Instructor
Dočekal Martin, Ing. (DCGM)
Doležal Jan, Ing. (DCGM)
Dytrych Jaroslav, Ing., Ph.D. (DCGM)
Fajčík Martin, Ing., Ph.D. (DCGM)
Omachtová Alena, Ing. (CVT)
Veigend Petr, Ing., Ph.D. (DITS)
Learning objectives
To understand the process of software development in teams and to get acquainted with real applications that help to create and documenting component-based projects, to learn how to easily prototype graphical user interfaces, what are preconditions of successful free software and usability measurement.
Students will get acquainted with modern approaches to software development, having successfully completed the course, students will be able to take part in teams developing shared code, will know the tools helping the development of efficient and well-documented code as well as applications better reflecting the user's needs. Students will learn to work on projects. They will also improve their knowledge of modern development and documenting tools.
Recommended prerequisites
Study literature
- Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle Agile Software Development with Scrum Addision-Wesley, 2002
- BATH, Graham a Judy MCKAY. The software test engineer's handbook. Santa Barbara: Rocky Nook, 2008, xviii, 397 s. ISBN 978-1-933952-24-6.
- S. A. Babkin: The Practice of Parallel Programming. Create Space, 2010. https://www.createspace.com/3438465
- STEPHENS, Matt a Doug, ROSENBERG. Testování softwaru řízené návrhem. Brno: Computer Press, 2011, 336 s. : il., portréty. ISBN 978-80-251-3607-2.
- Dustin Boswell, Trevor Foucher: The Art of Readable Code. O'Reily, 2010. https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/the-art-of/9781449318482/
- Scott Chacon: Pro Git, 2009 http://knihy.nic.cz/files/nic/edice/scott_chacon_pro_git.pdf
- Fowler, M.: Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (2nd Edition), 2018.
- J. Pérez López, L. Ribas i Xirgo: Introduction to Software development, 2010. http://ftacademy.org/sites/ftacademy.org/files/materials/fta-m7-fs_development.pdf
- Baumann, H.; Grässle, P.; Baumann, P.: UML 2.0 in Action: A project-based tutorial. Birmingham: Packt Publishing, Prosinec 2009, ISBN 1-904811-55-8. Download
- Osterhage, W. W.: IT Quality Management. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2015. ISBN 9783662437667.
- Critchley, A. et al: Git® Notes for Professionals. GoalKicker.com, 2017.
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Booth, J. D.: GitHub Succinctly. Syncfusion Inc. 2016.
Syllabus of lectures
- Introduction, practical rules for the writing of sustainable code and effective usage of IDE
- Software testing, TDD (Test-Driven Development) and its usage in team development
- Teamwork, communication, team data sharing, basics of project design and planning
- Distributed version control, GIT
- Documentation types, system documentation generated from the code, Component-based development and cross-platform libraries
- Code assembling, Make, Cmake a Qmake.
- User interfaces
- Issue tracking, debugging, bug tracking and QA
- Mid-term test
- Program deployment
- Algorithm optimization, parallelization and profiling
- Programming languages and paradigms, SWIG and integration of legacy code
- Invited experts from companies
Syllabus - others, projects and individual work of students
- Test definition (18 points)
- The project focused on team development (52 points)
Progress assessment
- Mid-term test (30 points)
- Projects (70 points in total)
Schedule
Day | Type | Weeks | Room | Start | End | Capacity | Lect.grp | Groups | Info |
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Wed | lecture | 1., 3., 4., 5., 7., 8., 10., 11. of lectures | D0206 D105 | 12:00 | 13:50 | 470 | 1BIA 1BIB 2BIA 2BIB 3BIT | xx | Dytrych |
Wed | lecture | 6., 9. of lectures | D0206 D105 | 12:00 | 13:50 | 470 | 1BIA 1BIB 2BIA 2BIB 3BIT | xx | Malík |
Wed | lecture | 2025-02-19 | D0206 D105 | 12:00 | 13:50 | 470 | 1BIA 1BIB 2BIA 2BIB 3BIT | xx | Kozák |
Wed | lecture | 2025-04-30 | D0206 D105 | 12:00 | 13:50 | 470 | 1BIA 1BIB 2BIA 2BIB 3BIT | xx | Regéciová |
Wed | lecture | 2025-05-07 | D0206 D105 | 12:00 | 13:50 | 470 | 1BIA 1BIB 2BIA 2BIB 3BIT | xx | Bařina |
Fri | other | 2025-05-23 | L115 | 12:00 | 13:00 | Zápočet |
Course inclusion in study plans
- Programme BIT, 1st year of study, Elective
- Programme BIT (in English), 1st year of study, Elective