Mastering the Life Cycle of Large Complex Software Systems in Practice
This
course covers how to ensure the quality of large and complex software
systems throughout their whole lifecycle. To this end, we take a
deep-dive into software testing and cover selected aspects of advanced
software engineering practices. We apply these practices using modern
frameworks such as Spring Boot and Angular. The students’ software
testing knowledge can be recognised trough an international
certification (ISTQB Certified Tester).
The students enrolled in this course has already acquired the following knowledge in previous courses:
- Software Design Patterns
- Version Control Systems (VCS)
- Software Testing
- Software Development Methodologies: Knowledge of different software development methodologies (such as Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, etc.)
Attendance is compulsory for performance assessments (e.g. presentation of group work).
Main learning goals
- You can select and apply test techniques for the different test levels (unit, integration, system and acceptance testing) according to the situation.
- You know what good code quality is, can apply corresponding "good practices" and know corresponding metrics.
- You know the basic concepts of test management.
- You can apply several advanced software engineering methods and tools to increase the quality of your software.
- You can systematically plan and carry out tests for the software they have created.
This
course combines a flipped classroom approach with an interactive
seminar. Students prepare for each lesson by reading the key concepts
and theories. They can self-assess their progress through a series of
interactive quizzes. In class, we apply the knowledge to case studies to
try out and compare different methods, techniques and approaches.
Modern frameworks (Spring Boot, Angular, etc.) are introduced and used
to implement the case studies.
- ZHAW Teacher: Marcela Ruiz (T Dozentin)
- ZHAW Teacher: Michael Wahler (T Lehr- und Forschungspersonal)
