Software Engineering for Large-Scale Applications – SE

Course Coordinator: George Kakarontzas,      ECTS: 7.5,      Semester: A (Α)

Syllabus

Introduction to object-oriented analysis and design. Software development processes. Iterative and incremental software development with UP. Agile software development processes. Requirements analysis and the FURPS+ model. Domain models and use cases. System sequence diagrams. Operation contracts. Software design. UML class and sequence diagrams. Software development and mapping of object-oriented concepts in the Java and Python programming languages. GRASP patterns. Responsibility-driven design. Domain-driven design. Design patterns: creational patterns, structural patterns and behavioral patterns. Examples of patterns in real software systems. Software design complexity metrics. Chidamber and Kemerer metrics. Other object-oriented metrics. Examples of metrics from open-source projects. Introduction to software testing. Definitions of the software testing process. Unit testing and functional testing. Ensuring correctness with unit testing and unit testing coverage. Mock objects. Software architecture. Definitions and roles. Technologies and architecture. Quality attributes (Reliability, Availability, Portability, Scalability, Performance). Distributed web application middleware. Message Oriented Middleware. Introduction to multi-tiered and multi-layered applications with Java Enterprise Edition. Distributed web applications with Java Enterprise Edition. Handling quality attributes such as performance and scalability. Software as a Service (SaaS). Application programming interfaces (APIs). Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). SaaS development with Java Enterprise Edition. Ensuring ease of modification & security in Java Enterprise Edition applications. Software architecture processes and software architecture documentation.

Recommended Bibliography

  • Βασίλης Γερογιάννης, Γιώργος Κακαρόντζας, Αχιλλέας Καμέας, Γιάννης Σταμέλος, Πάνος Φιτσιλής: «Αντικειμενοστρεφής ανάπτυξη λογισμικού με τη UML», Κλειδάριθμος, 2006
  • Craig Larman: «Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development (3rd Edition)», Prentice Hall, 2004
  • Felix Bachmann, Len Bass, Paul C. Clements, David Garlan, James Ivers, Reed Little, Paulo Merson, Robert Nord, Judith A. Stafford : « Documenting Software Architectures: Views and Beyond, Second Edition», Addison-Wesley Professional, 2010
  • Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides: «Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software», Addison-Wesley, 1995
  • Lanza, Michele, Marinescu, Radu: «Object-Oriented Metrics in Practice», Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2006
  • Chidamber, S.R. and Kemerer, C.F.: «A metrics suite for object oriented design», IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol.20, no.6, pp.476,493, June 1994
  • Armando Fox και David Patterson: «Τεχνολογία Ανάπτυξης Λογισμικού ως Υπηρεσίας: Μια ευέλικτη προσέγγιση με χρήση υπολογιστικής νέφους», Εκδόσεις Κλειδάριθμος, 2017.
  • Ian Sommerville: «Τεχνολογία Προϊόντων Λογισμικού: Μια εισαγωγή στη σύγχρονη τεχνολογία λογισμικού», Εκδόσεις Κλειδάριθμος (για την Ελληνική γλώσσα), 2020.

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