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Developing Software Flashcards

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How many stages are there in the SDLC?

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6

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What are the different stages in the software development life cycle?

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1 - Planning
2 - Analysis
3 - Design
4 - Implementation
5- Testing & Integration
6 - Maintenance

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Describe the planning stage of the SDLC

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  • Working out if a problem is feasible and if building software to solve it is the right thing to do.
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Describe the analysis stage of the SDLC

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  • Producing a detailed analysis to decide and outline what the software should do, an dhow it functions.
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Describe the design stage of the SDLC

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  • Deciding how the software should look and work.
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Describe the implementation stage of the SDLC

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  • Coding the software using one or more programming languages.
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Describe the maintenance stage of the SDLC

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  • This includes upgrades to optimise the user experience, save running costs, and making sure everything runs as intended
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Agile

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  • A particular (and popular) way of working where developers work according to weekly or biweekly ‘sprints’, which roughly follow the SDLC, to quickly build their software.
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Backend

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  • Everything that goes on behind the scenes.
  • What happens at the backend (or sever-side) powers what happens at the frontend (what the user sees).
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Code

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  • Essentially instructions for a computer, written in a specific programming language.
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Frontend

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  • The part of software that the user sees and interacts with.
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Full-stack

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  • Full stack developers work across all three layers of software: the frontend, the backend, and the database layer.
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The three layers of software

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  • Frontend
  • Backend
  • Database
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Python

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  • Currently the fastest growing programming language.
  • Used in machine learning and artificial intelligence.
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JavaScript

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  • One of the best languages for frontend development.
  • It powers highly interactive website apps, as well as backend development.
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Java

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  • Commonly used in financial and banking services.
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PHP

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  • Powers 24% of websites globally and makes web apps more interactive.
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HTML

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  • Hypertext Markup Language, one of the most popular frontend languages.
  • Often used as the foundation for any web page.
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C

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  • Very popular, is used to write operating systems.

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