Introduction to Software Development and Applications

The primary objectives of this course are to introduce software engineering techniques and their application to real-world business problems. You will be equipped with practical design and programming techniques for the purpose of modeling significant business applications quickly. In a step-by-step manner, the instructor will take you through the process of systematically combining object-oriented programming techniques, business processes, and complex data models to assemble models that are user friendly and meet business requirements. You will learn how to employ systems thinking, the object-oriented paradigm, the visual programming technique, as well as productivity tools to put together complicated, powerful designs. We will practice simple and smart ways of making software programming enjoyable.