Software Engineering - Week 1

We started off focusing on JUnit testing.  Writing test cases to ensure the functionality of the example code taught me a better understanding of how to approach software development with testing as a must-have.

We learned about Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) principles and Pivotal Tracker. This taught me to think more about user needs, system functionalities, and acceptance criteria. By using BDD, I learned how to articulate requirements, ensuring alignment between stakeholders and development teams.

As I reflect on the concepts learned and the skills acquired, I am ready to apply them to our future challenges and projects. I thought we would be doing more coding to start but it looks like we will be doing more of that this upcoming weeks and I'm looking forward to it.

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  1. davidMarch 5, 2024 at 6:27 PM

    Documenting requirements in a clear, concise way is not always easy. Expressing requirements using BDD and describing how a requirement would be tested is a good approach.

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