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Software Engineering Vocab
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1. Tasks that a system must be able to perform
Database normalization
Functional Requirements
Lambda
Elicitation
2. (smell)class with too many instance variables or too much code
Design Patterns
Decorator pattern
Casual use case
Large class
3. The rigorousness of the tests that are able to be placed on the code
Maturity
jquery
Versioning
Lambda
4. The degree to which code is free of defects
Liskov substitution principle
code quality
Versioning
middle man
5. 'single dot rule'
Dijkstra's law
Law of demeter
Design patterns
Closure
6. Testing can show the presence but not absence of errors
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7. AKA: Function Constant or Function Literal A function defined - and possibly called - without being bound to an identifier.
Refactoring
Anonymous function
intellectual property
long method
8. Models ->code work is done to keep models in sync with code
statement
Versioning
model- driven development
Feasibility
9. Single step in a lifecycle
Phase
Versioning
First- class citizen
Test- driven development
10. Series of phases through which software is developed
Lifecycle
use case
Scrum (Agile software development)
feature envy
11. A subjective set of rules or guidelines used when writing source code. Example: The use of whitespace to consistently group and space out statements.
Large class
black box testing
Programming style
technical managerial approach
12. Verifies that system is protected against improper penetration
Refactoring
Functional Requirements
Casual use case
Security testing
13. Absence of lifecycle
software quality
Design
Cowboy coding
Database normalization
14. Formal document outlining a task that needs to be performed on a system
Design pattern
Anonymous function
Programming style
Fully- dressed use case
15. Ways to express the system's subsystems and their relationship
architectural design
brief use case
Programming style
Maturity
16. Derived methods should not assume more or deliver less
long method
Closure
Liskov substitution principle
Design patterns
17. Freezing the state of the source code at a particular point
Feasibility
Versioning
software quality
Constructor
18. A set of rules that define the combinations of symbols that are considered to be correctly structured in a specific programming language. Example: In many programming languages - statements are terminated by a semicolon.
Programming syntax
Dijkstra's law
Cowboy coding
path
19. Small - behaviour- preserving - source- to- source transformation
a refactoring
system testing
Lexer
Performance testing
20. Testing can show the presence but not absence of errors
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21. Description of possible sequences of interactions between a user and the system.
Database normalization
Scrum (Agile software development)
use case
conflict
22. People who care about the outcome
Programming style
unit testing
Maturity level
Stakeholders
23. Delaying the creation of an object - calculation of a value or another expensive process until first needed.
Programming style
statement
Lazy initialization or Lazy loading (Design pattern)
Denormalization
24. 1. A language feature that supports prototype- based programming. 2. Originally: One object relying upon another to provide a specified set of functionalities. 3. In .NET: A way of telling which method to call when an event is triggered
Delegation
Maturity level
Quality metrics
Lazy initialization or Lazy loading (Design pattern)
25. Simple Object Access Protocol. Specification for exchanging structured information. Uses XML. Usually relies on other Application Layer protocols (HTTP - SMTP)
brief use case
Dijkstra's law
Association
SOAP
26. Force software to fail in order to see how it recovers
SOAP
Recovery testing
code quality
technical managerial approach
27. Test whether or not tasks can be accomplished efficiently by all levels of users
Functional Requirements
Usability testing
use case
Lambda
28. 4th step of requirements gathering
Specification
copyright
Validation
shotgun surgery
29. Approach to team management that splits management up into two people with separate tasks
technical managerial approach
Design pattern
Erich Gamma - Richard Helm - Ralph Johnson - John Vlissides
Law of demeter
30. AKA: Lexical Closure or Function Closure - A function together with a referencing environment for the non - local variables of that function. The key aspect of a ______ is variables from outside the function retain there value from the time the closu
Dijkstra's law
REST
Design pattern
Closure
31. Protecting the embodiment of an idea
Cowboy coding
Versioning
copyright
Capacity testing
32. Each team member given set of features to work on
a refactoring
Recovery testing
brief use case
feature- driven development
33. A design pattern that allows behaviour to be added to an existing object dynamically.
architectural design
Decorator pattern
Dijkstra's law
Liskov substitution principle
34. The process of attempting to optimise the read performance of a database by adding redundant data or by grouping data
Quality metrics
Denormalization
Design pattern
a refactoring
35. (smell) A method using another class more than its own
Design
Parser
SOAP
feature envy
36. (smell) client needs to use one object to get another and then use that one to get another
Acceptance testing
Code Quality
feature envy
message chain
37. AKA: Object - Entity - or Value - An entity that can be constructed at run - time - passed as a parameter - returned from a subroutine - or assigned into a variable.
sequence diagram
brief use case
use case
First- class citizen
38. A way to automatically grade code based on heuristics
trademark
Casual use case
Acceptance testing
Quality metrics
39. Testing designed to uncover regressions (where stuff that used to work doesn't work anymore)
regression testing
Maturity
shotgun surgery
trademark
40. Each condition is covered twice (true - false)
Law of demeter
regression testing
branch
Recovery testing
41. Diagram used to show how information flows around the system
Algorithm
sequence diagram
Feasibility
Decorator pattern
42. Each possible path through the code is covered
path
Stakeholders
SRS Documentation
SOAP
43. (smell) many parameters are being passed into a method
architectural design
Analysis...
SOP
long parameter list
44. One or two paragraphs of text outlining a use case
technical managerial approach
sequence diagram
Casual use case
Law of demeter
45. Evaluates upper limits of operational parameters
Capacity testing
comments
technical managerial approach
black box testing
46. Developing a plan for a product - system or component. 'how' a system should perform a task
Design
Stress testing
Erich Gamma - Richard Helm - Ralph Johnson - John Vlissides
inappropriate intimacy
47. Semantic- oriented programming. A programming paradigm in which the programmer formulizes the logic of a domain by means of semantic structures
SOP
Design
branch
Elicitation
48. Representational State Transfer.
trademark
Security testing
patent
REST
49. Iterative - incremental framework for project management.
Performance testing
Phase
Scrum (Agile software development)
Anonymous function
50. Lack of errors in code - readability etc
Code Quality
long parameter list
white box testing
Security testing
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