Software Engineering

week 1

1. intro, software architecture
2. software development life cycles

readings

• Software Architecture Metaphors - by Lisa Stähli
• What is Software Architecture? - by Kevlin Henney
• Practical Tips on Software Architecture Design, Part One - by Marco Bürckel
• Practical Tips on Software Architecture Design, Part Two - by Marco Bürckel
• Why Write ADRs - by Eli Perkins

week 2

1. week 1 summary
2. scrum
3. kanban

readings

scrum

• The Scrum Guide

zombie scrum

• Zombie Scrum - Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
• The Rise Of Zombie Scrum

kanban

• the Kanban Guide

week 3

1. week 2 summary
2. requirement analysis
3. user story mapping
4. project assignment

readings

requirement analysis

• SDLC Guide: Requirement Analysis in Software Engineering - by Arkadiusz Krysik
• What’s in a Story? - by Daniel Terhorst-North
• Making sense of MVP (Minimum Viable Product) – and why I prefer Earliest Testable/Usable/Lovable - by Henrik Kniberg
• How to Carry Out a Requirements Analysis - by Kelechi Udoagwu

user story mapping

• Jeff Patton’s original blogpost
  • Five common story mapping mistakes - by Jeff Patton
• The Ultimate Guide to User Story Mapping - by Nick Muldoon
• Mapping User Stories in Agile - by Anna Kaley
• Quickstart Guide to User Story Mapping

optional

• What is a Data Flow Diagram
• Mastering Python’s Hidden Power: Monad Design Patterns for Smarter Code

week 4

1. week 3 summary
2. UML
3. C4

readings

UML

• What is UML 2?
• Unified Modeling Language (UML) Diagrams

C4 model

• C4 model
• The C4 Model for Software Architecture - by Simon Brown

optional

• What is object-oriented programming (OOP)? Explained in depth

week 5

1. design patterns

readings

• The Full-stack Software Design & Architecture Map - by Khalil Stemmler

SOLID

• A Solid Guide to SOLID Principles - by Sam Millington
• SOLID Design Principles - Devopedia

inversion of control

• Inversion Of Control - by Martin Fowler
• Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You: The Hollywood Principle for Maintainable Code - by Teni Gada

topologies

• Hexagonal Architecture - by Sven Woltmann
• The Onion Architecture - by Jeffrey Palermo

MVC-MVP-MVVM

• MVC vs MVP vs MVVM - by Priya Pedamkar
• Alternatives To MVC - by Anthony Ferrara

optional

• The Composition Over Inheritance Principle
  • with Python examples
• Railway oriented programming - by Scott Wlaschin

week 6

1. week 5 summary
2. interfaces
3. implementation planning

readings

• riskstorming.com
• OWASP Risk Rating Methodology
• Story points and estimation - by Dan Radigan
• What Scrum Says About Estimates
• How to create a Minimal, Reproducible Example

week 7

1. week 6 summary
2. wireframing
3. clean code

readings

• What is wireframing? A complete guide - by Louise Bruton
• UI Prototypes

week 9

1. code quality
2. code review

readings

• Code Smells - by Jeff Atwood
• How To Write Unmaintainable Code - by Roedy Green
• Code Review Guidelines for Humans - by Philipp Hauer
• How to Do Code Reviews Like a Human (Part One) - by Michael Lynch
  • Part Two

week 10

1. testing

readings

• What Is Test-driven Development and Why It’s Important - by Anna Khrupa
• What’s in a Story? - by Daniel Terhorst-North
• Modern Test-Driven Development in Python - by Jan Giacomelli
• The Cycles of TDD - by Robert C. Martin
• Arrange-Act-Assert
• Readme Driven Development - by Tom Preston-Werner
• Defining Legacy Code - by Eli Lopian

optional

• The Transformation Priority Premise - by Robert C. Martin
• There is No Such Thing as a Unit Test - by Andrew Watson
• Why Most Unit Testing is Waste - by James O Coplien

week 11

1. week 10 summary
2. automatization

readings

• The Cost of Interruption for Software Developers - by Steven To
• Version control concepts and best practices - by Michael Ernst
• 11 DevOps Principles and Practices to Master: Pro Advice - by Fernando Doglio

week 12

1. summary