5 TOOLS, METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
The purpose of software engineering is to control complexity, not to create it.
Pamela Zave
This chapter looks at some of the other tools, environments or work practices that may be involved in programming or that software developers may be required to utilise or include in their role.
THE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
Every programming language has different requirements for the environment that you use to create and test your code. This will be based not only on the language you use but also on your platform, both the one you use for development and the one you are intending to deploy the code to. You may use the minimum tools required or you may use a complicated mix of tools and environmental setup in order ...
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