CS 4285 - Best Practices in Software Development

3(3 + 0)

Prerequisite: CS 4260 or two of: CS 4281, CS 4282, CS 4283, CS 4284; or Permission of department

This course exposes the student to current best practices and emerging methodologies in software engineering and software product development. Topics are chosen to reflect the current state of the care and practice. (A typical set of such topics includes: software architecture as a discipline, design patterns, eXtreme Programming, recent technology in security, and aspect-oriented programming.)