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Write Great Code, Volume 3

by Randall Hyde

August 2020

Intermediate to advanced

376 pages

9h 59m

English

No Starch Press

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Assumptions and PrerequisitesWhat Is Great Code?Programmer ClassificationsSo You Want to Be a Great ProgrammerA Final Note on Ethics and CharacterFor More Information

1.1 What Is Software?1.2 Parallels to Other Fields1.3 Software Engineering1.4 Software Craftsmanship1.5 The Path to Writing Great Code1.6 For More Information
2.1 What Is Productivity?2.2 Programmer Productivity vs. Team Productivity2.3 Man-Hours and Real Time2.4 Conceptual and Scope Complexity2.5 Predicting Productivity2.6 Metrics and Why We Need Them2.7 How Do We Beat 10 Lines per Day?2.8 Estimating Development Time2.9 Crisis Mode Project Management2.10 How to Be More Productive2.11 For More Information
3.1 The Software Development Life Cycle3.2 The Software Development Model3.3 Software Development Methodologies3.4 Models and Methodologies for the Great Programmer3.5 For More Information
4.1 The UML Standard4.2 The UML Use Case Model4.3 The UML System Boundary Diagrams4.4 Beyond Use Cases4.5 For More Information
5.1 UML Activity State Symbols5.2 Extending UML Activity Diagrams5.3 For More Information
6.1 Object-Oriented Analysis and Design in UML6.2 Visibility in a Class Diagram6.3 Class Attributes6.4 Class Operations6.5 UML Class Relationships6.6 Objects6.7 For More Information
7.1 Sequence Diagrams7.2 Collaboration Diagrams7.3 For More Information
8.1 Component Diagrams8.2 Package Diagrams8.3 Deployment Diagrams8.4 Composite Structure Diagrams8.5 Statechart Diagrams8.6 More UML8.7 For More Information
9.1 System Documentation Types9.2 Traceability9.3 Validation, Verification, and Reviews9.4 Reducing Development Costs Using Documentation9.5 For More Information
10.1 Requirement Origins and Traceability10.2 Design Goals10.3 The System Requirements Specification Document10.4 The Software Requirements Specification Document10.5 Creating Requirements10.6 Use Cases10.7 Creating DAQ Software Requirements from the Use Cases10.8 (Selected) DAQ Software Requirements (from SRS)10.9 Updating the Traceability Matrix with Requirement Information10.10 For More Information
11.1 IEEE Std 1016-1998 vs. IEEE Std 1016-200911.2 IEEE 1016-2009 Conceptual Model11.3 SDD Required Contents11.4 SDD Traceability and Tags11.5 A Suggested SDD Outline11.6 A Sample SDD11.7 Updating the Traceability Matrix with Design Information11.8 Creating a Software Design11.9 For More Information
12.1 The Software Test Documents in Std 82912.2 Test Plans12.3 Software Review List Documentation12.4 Software Test Case Documentation12.5 Software Test Procedure Documentation12.6 Level Test Logs12.7 Anomaly Reports12.8 Test Reports12.9 Do You Really Need All of This?12.10 For More Information

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About the Author

Randall Hyde is the author of The Art of Assembly Language and Write Great Code, Volumes 1, 2, and 3 (all from No Starch Press), as well as Using 6502 Assembly Language and P-Source (Datamost). He is also the coauthor of Microsoft Macro Assembler 6.0 Bible (The Waite Group). Over the past 40 years, Hyde has worked as an embedded software/hardware engineer developing instrumentation for nuclear reactors, traffic control systems, and other consumer electronics devices. He has also taught computer science at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and at the University of California, Riverside. His website is www.randallhyde.com/.