Computer Science

software development life cycle — a structured process that is used by developers to design, develop and test software

Approaching a programming project

The project brief

Software design principles

Project design

Developing code for a programming project

Refining code for a programming project

Testing principles

Testing and refining a programming project

Evaluating the success of a programming project

In this unit pupils will have the opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge they have developed in previous programming units by approaching a practical project. They will apply software design, product design and testing principles to take their project from initial design to working prototype.

Python programming project

a document that outlines the goals, scope and requirements of a project

these define the specific actions or behaviours that a software system or application must perform

breaking software into independent, self-contained units or modules

focusing on the important parts of a problem and ignoring irrelevant detail

how easily someone can understand your code

making software easy to change, fix or update later on

a diagram that uses symbols to document the logic of an algorithm

a way of expressing an algorithm that is independent of a specific programming language

defines the specific actions or behaviours that a software system or application must perform

checking that data is acceptable by comparing it against a set of criteria

a dynamic data structure that can contain items of different data types

a method of testing where all possible routes through a program are identified and tested

testing that does not rely on understanding the inner workings of a program

the process of finding and correcting errors in program code

the systematic process of checking that a program works as expected

reflect on what has been done well and what could be improved

a guide that outlines criteria and levels of achievement to evaluate work fairly and consistently

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