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Author Archives: CofC Jack
HW4: Chapters 11 & 12
11.4. What is the common characteristic of all architectural styles that are geared to supporting software fault tolerance? Diversity. This is due to the logic that a redundant/diverse system will be able to survive one portion failing, by having a fallback which can take the same input without failing in the same way. These are …
HW3: Chapter 10
10.6 Explain why it is reasonable to assume that the use of dependable processes will lead to the creation of dependable software. The dependable process ensures the creation of code which is reliable, resistant to failure, and stable by ensuring that a number of subqualities are achieved; each with concrete goals and positive outcomes. While …
HW2: Responses
A response to Silver Bullet, Cherry Picking, and Google Code Repo: No Silver Bullet seems to believe that large-scale coding will always be difficult, and that there are no easy solutions to this. It’s pretty outdated, although while version-control and automated testing have changed, many of the fundamentals of software engineering haven’t. Nonetheless, it seems …
HW1: Chapter 1
Ex 1.3, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10 Global 1.3: Briefly discuss why it is usually cheaper in the long run to use software engineering methods and techniques for software systems. Because Software Engineering methods are thorough, they increase the initial cost/time/effort when creating a new project. However, the same methods lead to a stronger foundation, making software …
HW0: Introduction
I am Jack Fraser, a Senior in Computer Science at the College of Charleston. This semester (Fall 2019) will see many posts to this blog for assignments for this class, focusing primarily on Software Engineering. My hobbies include trying to utilize WSL for intended-for-full-linux applications, making .exes in Python, and utilizing vscode religiously. I have …
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