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Software DevelopmentRCOS - Spring 2012
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteDavid Goldschmidt, Ph.D.
Successful software development
Software is usually a team effortrequiring coordination amongstteam members
Document your project goals, userrequirements, timelines, milestones,task lists, test cases via a blog, wiki, Google docs, Briefcase,
etc.
Successful software development
Good (and up-to-date!) documentation is crucial to the success of a project however, too much documentation is
not good!
Version control provides benefits to both teams and one-person projects one-person projects often become team
projects
Successful software development
Identify and document coding standards for: Coding/indentation style Naming conventions Commenting styles (e.g. comment headers) Safe approaches to programming See http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards
Code reviews are invaluable for improving the quality of your software
Large-scale software development
As software systems grow in terms of usage, scope, scale, user-base, reliance, etc., they must be maintained
Important aspects of quality software: Maintainability Maintained! Usability (testing) Extensibility
Reusability Consistency Reliability Generalization
(design)
Where to find projects
http://www.cs.rpi.edu/research/groups.html