Introduction to 492 and Decoupling

We provide the introduction to CSCE 492, and then go on to talk about decoupling. The decoupling slides are based on

• MIT 6.170: Open Courseware, Introduction
• MIT 6.170: Open Courseware, Decoupling
• MIT 6.170: Open Courseware, Decoupling II

1. 1 492 Introduction
   1. 1.1 What You Need To Do
   2. 1.2 Course Focus
2. 2 What is Software Engineering?*
3. 3 The Challenge
   1. 3.1 Complexity
4. 4 Why Software Engineering?
   1. 4.1 Software is Still Buggy
   2. 4.2 Software Can Kill
   3. 4.3 This is a Problem
5. 5 Decoupling
6. 6 Decomposition
   1. 6.1 Top-Down Design: Bad
   2. 6.2 Horizontal Design: Good
7. 7 Dependence Relations
   1. 7.1 Uses Diagram Shapes
   2. 7.2 Uses for Uses Diagrams
   3. 7.3 Specifications
   4. 7.4 Specification Advantages
   5. 7.5 Weak Dependencies
8. 8 Decoupling Techniques
   1. 8.1 Facade
   2. 8.2 Hiding Representation
   3. 8.3 Polymorphism
   4. 8.4 Callbacks
   5. 8.5 Shared Constraints
9. 9 Namespaces
   1. 9.1 Access Control
10. 10 Safe Languages
11. 11 Decoupling Example
    1. 11.1 Solution 2
    2. 11.2 Solution 3
    3. 11.3 Solution 4

Entire Presentation with Notes (PDF)
Index on left

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12 January 2005, 02:29PM