Workshop 28th September 2016 9 a.m. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Practical Software Development @ EPCC at RAL
- Web page
- https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/551/
- Submitter
- Luke Goater
ARCHER, the UK's national supercomputing service, offers training in software development and high-performance computing to scientists and researchers across the UK. As part of our training service we will be running a 2 day ?Practical Software Development? training session.
Writing code is just part of developing effective software - how do you get the best from working with others as part of a software team, incorporating existing work into your own, contributing back and producing code and software suites for others?
Details
Software development comprises a range of activities including writing code, requirements analysis, testing and product evaluation. This course introduces how software development projects can be approached to achieve high-quality software products. Introducing important ideas for both academic and industrial development such software sustainability, testing, adapting processes and communications. The course will introduce practical skills important for use in developing software for research and industrial purposes.
Outline
Day 1:
Structured Development: Process, Teams and Communications
Design Issues and Requirements
Planning and Risks
Prototyping and Usability
Day 2:
Testing
Code Work: Analysis and Re-engineering
Looking back and Learning
Issues affecting Software Development
This course is free to all academics.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this course students should be able to:
Assess and articulate issues with design and code
Evaluate and propose risk management for a project
Estimate and justify a schedule for a project
Create a testing process and articulate the reasoning for the types of tests
Evaluate and critique a software project
Structure
The course will be delivered over two days in person. The course will interleave practical exercises, including teamwork, with short lectures and discussions.
Pre-requisites
There are no strict pre-requisites for this course, though familiarity with a programming language and concepts will be beneficial.