unit-8.md

Unit 8: Software Maintenance and Quality Control

Prerequisites:

• Software Delivery and Distribution
• Technology Management, and the Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

Learning Objectives

For businesses which provide software products and services, improved code quality leads to better user experiences, higher customer satisfaction and retention, and lower maintenance costs. In this unit, we'll learn ways to control and improve the quality of our applications.

Slides

Discussions and Notes

• Version Control:
  • Branch Operations
  • Reverting Changes
• Quality Control:
  • Code Refactoring and Simplification
  • Automated Testing
  • Continuous Integration

Reference Documents

• Automated Testing:
  • The pytest Package
• Continuous Integration:
  • The Travis CI Platform

Activities and Exercises

• "Testing 1, 2, 3" Exercise
• "Continuous Integration 1, 2, 3" Exercise
• "Freestyle" Project Implementation ("Building" Phase)
• "Freestyle" Project Demonstration