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Teaching Software Design Techniques in University Courses

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Architectural pattern; Design pattern; Development environment; Framework; Software architectural structures; Software architecture; Software design techniques

Definition

Software design techniques focus on reusable software architectural structures such as frameworks and design patterns used to facilitate software development. Software design techniques go well beyond both programming best practices and software design guidelines like cohesion and coupling.

Introduction

Large scale reuse of software architectures and detailed design are made possible through the use of design patterns and frameworks, respectively. Design patterns support reuse of software architecture and design, while frameworks support reuse of detailed design and code (Crawford et al. 2006).

Any academic program responsible for teaching software design concepts must continually seek approaches by which to improve the ways in which students are prepared for the work force. Software design concepts such as...

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  1. Department of Informatics and Computer Science, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, USA

    Jonathan D. Holmes & Kevin R. Parker

  2. School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Bill Davey

  3. Department of Computer Science, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA

    Joseph T. Chao

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Holmes, J.D., Parker, K.R., Davey, ., Chao, J.T. (2020). Teaching Software Design Techniques in University Courses. In: Tatnall, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10576-1_132

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