After reading the paper, “Software Engineering Programs Are Not Computer Science Programs”, it becomes apparent that the distinction between Software Engineering and Computer Science is not as clear-cut to outside observers. Society often blends the two subjects together, nothing that both programs are concerned only with computer science and programming language development. One way to understand the differences is to examine the words, primarily “Engineer” and “Scientist” when dealing with these two subjects. As the paper notes, Engineers are by nature, taught to apply both science and mathematics when designing products. Scientists, on the other hand, are solely taught the science and the methods needed to advance it. Overall, Software Engineers …show more content…
Society advocates that programming can be a form of art due to the aesthetic aspects when developing software. The argument exists here, where many argue that creative freedom isn’t a factor when dealing with science. On one hand, Software development has aspects of being a form of art for a variety of reasons. First, the problem is never defined in a concrete precise definition, which allows software designers to be flexible when dealing with the problem. Secondly, software is built with the notion of being user-friendly, which requires teams to build a type of interface which meets any unique needs of the user. Software development is also a type of science, where mathematical computation and data-oriented theories are necessary for development. Thus, Software Engineering is both an art and a form of science. However, we should also focus on the belief that Software Development is a form of Engineering. Today many consider “Software Engineering” to be a buzzword, confusing yet again as seen in the previous paper, to be only a type of Computer Science. Though, this isn’t the case at all. Software Engineers are tasked with using core practices to develop software products that have the quality assurance necessary for consumers. By treating Software Development as a form of engineering allows the development process to be clearer and with more defined goals. This allows developers to strike a balance when determining what are the “right” and “wrong” methods when designing products. Here, instead of focusing on the actual question of what to define Software Engineering to be, we instead should be focusing how to train individuals the correct methods and core concepts necessary for
Software design and development is a field that requires various skills and abilities. Companies engaged in the development of software should provide an inclusive work environment where the different strengths of their employees are recognised, utilised and respected. Software development involves far more than programming skills. Personnel are required with strong communication, teamwork, attention to detail, creativity, design and problem-solving skills. Different personnel will possess these skills in varying proportions. It is the job of management to foster and encourage the development and enhancement of skills in the workplace.
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Relentless innovation in the way businesses apply computing power to automate business processes has translated into incredible gains in just a few short decades. These innovations have had positive influence in the models used by businesses for delivering software applications to their users. The software application delivery models have evolved over the years starting with the on-premises application delivery whereby application software was installed and operated on a computer located on the premises of the software licensee, rather than at a remote facility. This is the model that drove and defined the first generation of business application delivery which was used before the widespread availability and affordability of the Internet. On-premises delivery model has its limitations which include its inability to support remote access to the application and the cost associated with the initial application setup, the ongoing support and maintenance cost (Aditya, 2012).
As technology advances, employers ask for new skills. Computer software engineers must continue to learn such skills if they hope to remain in this field. To help them keep up with the technology changes, continuing education and professional development seminars are offered by employers and software vendors, colleges and universities, private training institutions, and professional computing societies.
After my twelfth grade, the inherent ardor I held for Computer Sciencemotivated me to do a bachelors degree in Information Technology. Programming and Math, a paragon of logic and reasoning have always been my favorite subjects since childhood. I still vividly remember the time during my graduation,when I was successful in creating a simple calculator application as a class assignment.The joy I derived from creating something that is used by a lot of people to help them perform complex calculations,made me realize the power of computing in its true sense.It was also in my graduation that I developed an immense interest in programming languages such as Java, C++ an...
In the area of computer science, Ontology represents the effort to formulate an exhaustive and rigorous conceptual schema within a given domain. Based on a particular problem domain, a particular software domain only a part of the whole set of software engineering concepts. These concepts used for particular software development projects which represent a software engineering sub domains are captured in the Ontology. The general software engineering knowledge represents all the concepts of software engineering. Specific software engineering knowledge represents only some concepts of software engineering for the particular problem domain. For a particular project, there exist domain, sub-domain and instance knowledge’s. Domain knowledge is the knowledge of the entire subject. Sub-domain knowledge is just a part of the domain knowledge. The instance knowledge is the one which is actually required while doing a project.
A fascination for Science & Technology and keen interest in the ever-growing world of technology motivated me to take up engineering. The power of research and delivering it for the growth of Society is what makes me interested in the technology side of science. I choose to major Computer science Engineering with an intense urge to delve into this challenging field. During my under graduation program I learned the various fundamentals of Computer science Engineering which together with practical course works reinforced my interest.
I took up Computer Science and Engineering as my discipline in Bhoj Reddy Engineering College for Women affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, one of the premier institutes in India. My undergraduate education has been a great learning and enriching process for me. It exposed me to all the core areas of Computer Science like operating systems, database management systems, networks and network security, data structures, algorithms and software engineering. These courses have given me a good foundation in the core concepts. My interest lies in Database Management, Programming Languages, Theory of Computation, and Software Engineering. I am fully acquainted with the fast growing subjects like Object Oriented Programming, Analysis and Design. On the other hand, the intensive laboratory classes exposed me to a fascinating world of experimentation. It was here that I discovered the qualities of perseverance and diligence in myself. I feel that these courses have done a lot to prepare me for my future studies and research work.
There is many software development methodologies exist that is used to control the process of developing a software system. No exact system was found which could help the software engineers for selection of best software development methodology. This paper present the framework of expert system combined with Likert scale. With the help of Likert scale we create a rule based model and assign some weighted score to each methodology and develop a tool named as ModSet which will help the software engineers to select an appropriate development methodology that may increase the probability of system success.
The contemporary world is indeed an information society. Computer technologies pervade virtually all aspects of human life today: at home, in hospitals, at school, in the office, or in the industries. More and more novel technologies continue to be added on the already existing ones. While the technological aspects are important, the human factors in the development of the software sued in these technologies have been overlooked. Human factors are an essential aspect of the software development process in order to ensure user safety, and ease of use. However, there has been a lot of attention on the technical aspects of the software development process at the expense of the human aspect. This paper examines the human-computer interaction aspect or the human factors involved in computer science, and particularly in software engineering. The paper will first define what human factors or human-computer interaction is, then a brief historical account of this field before looking at its importance.
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Software has become an integral component in the way organisations conduct business. The impact of and reliance on software within organisations is increasing (Pesola, Eskeli, Parvianeni, Kommeren & Gramza, 2008; Xu & Brinkkemper, 2007). Software development is becoming a global phenomenon as organisations have adopted networked development environments and have globally outsourced portions of their development activities (Valimaki & Kaariainen, 2008). According to Lacheiner and Ramler (2011) software development is a complex process as it requires interaction between diverse individuals, the creation of comprehensive software development documents and comprises interdependent activities. Kaariainen and Valimaki (2008) argue that as an outcome of increased competition, the ability to produce products as scheduled is important to any organisation. This has resulted in organisations investing in technologies and frameworks that manage and support their software development processes (Jwo, Hsu & Cheng, 2010). Application Lifecycle Management Technology (ALMT) is proposed as a solution for the management of software development activities.
Being a computer science major as a software engineer, practicality and details are the core of my work. If
“Dude programming is a piece of cake, anybody can do it”, this is what we normally get to hear when we ask a teenager about coding or programming.(add some stuff) Even the choices that we have with programming languages are enormous starting from the most basic visual programming softwares such as Scratch to more advanced languages like Python, PHP, JAVA or the one which revolutionized the whole computing world, C. Among all these languages there is a reason why C holds a special regard, a language that came into existence as a result of refining an existing programming language called B, by Dennis M. Ritchie in 1972. C alongside with B were some of the earliest programming language in the category of Imperative programming, a kind of programming paradigm in which the computer is given proper instructions on how to perform a certain computation. C’s invention not only revolutionized the computing world, but also had a major influence on some other programming languages. After C, C++ and C# are derivatives and successor of the language. They both played major role in development of some of the most famous and mega-computing applications and programming languages of today’s time. It introduces many new perspective to programming as a whole with enhanced object-oriented programming for C++ and modern, high-level component-oriented programming for C#. The trio co-exist to define computer science as it is today. (Change it)
Programming is a systematic approach in Software Engineering which includes Analysis, Design, implementation and maintenance