Students will be able to design and implement large software applications. Students will be able to evaluate and choose the most suitable architecture for the problem and can communicate and document their decisions. Furthermore, they will be able to test large software applications to ensure a high quality of the built products, including end-to-end testing of such applications. Lastly, students will be able to understand the concepts of professional release engineering. They will be able to set up and maintain a suitable deployment environment that enables the automation of the software development cycle.

Lectures to introduce the concepts and methodsWritten exam about the learned concepts and methodsGroup work to apply the learned concepts and methods in a project settingPresentation of the results of the projects

Software ArchitectureSoftware DesignArchitectural PatternsArchitectural ViewsArchitecture Communication and DocumentationSoftware Quality AssuranceAdvanced Topics of Software TestingRelease EngineeringAdvanced Topics in the Context of Continuous* ActivitiesDeployment Pipelines

Good programming skills in any programming language (e.g. Java or Python)Basic knowledge about Software Quality Assurance (e.g. unit testing, test case creation)Basic knowledge in Continuous Integration 

Project work and written exam

Contents of the lectures (theory and practice)

Exam (60 points)– Minimum: > 30 points (> 50%)Group project (140 points)– Individual grading (per person)– Minimum: > 70 points (> 50%)Sum of points for final grade– Both parts > 50% pointsS1: achieved points > 175G2: achieved points > 150B3: achieved points > 125G4: achieved points > 100N5: achieved points <= 100