SE 4840 - Software Maintenance and Craftsmanship

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

Course Description
This course is an introduction to software evolution and maintenance. The course begins with a discussion on software evolution and the different kinds of processes people use when conducting software maintenance. Course lectures and activities will include select topics from the following technical domains; reverse engineering, reengineering, refactoring, software maintenance models, software craftsmanship and software reuse. Students will apply their knowledge by engaging in a quarter long course project to make incremental improvements to a non-trivial open-source software system. (prereq: SE 3030, senior standing and instructor consent)

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Have a solid understanding of software evolution and maintenance
Reverse engineer a non-trivial system
Recognize and locate software design problems in code
Identify code smells and execute appropriate refactorings
Write high quality, self-documenting code

Prerequisites by Topic

Project experience on non-trivial software systems
Experience with SCM tools such as git

Course Topics

Maintenance and evolution
Maintenance models
Software configuration management
Impact analysis
Program comprehension
Reengineering
Reverse engineering
Refactoring
Clean code

Coordinator
Dr. Christopher Taylor

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SE 4840 - Software Maintenance and Craftsmanship