The design step in developing software has some unique characteristics. First of all, it’s the only step where drawing pictures of things is the norm. Why is that? What do pictures do that other representations cannot do? Pictures have varying levels of detail; pictures have context. Pictures…paint a picture. Why are these things important? In this course, too, we begin looking at other disciplines (building architecture is a favorite one) for lessons on design.
Software Design as an Abstraction
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Software Design as an Abstraction
This course is part of Secure Software Design Specialization
Instructor: Albert Glock
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Contrasted to design as a step in the software development process, a look at design as an abstract representation of the project.
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Design considerations to make when users are involved.
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Design considerations to make when users are not involved
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When to create a database in third-normal form, and when not to.
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When and how design patterns are useful and when they are not.
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Choose languages and operating systems wisely because you will have to live with them.
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