Modern Software Development (5 cr)

Materials

The learning material can be found in the Moodle and GitLab environments.

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Completion alternatives

The admission procedures are described in the degree rule and the study guide. The teacher of the course will give more information on possible specific course practices.

Further information

The course is evaluated based on the returned assignments. The assessment methods are reviewed at the beginning of the course.

Virtual portion

5

Student workload

One credit corresponds to an average of 27 hours of work, which means that the load of five credits is approximately 135 hours. The load is distributed in different ways depending on the course implementation.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass: The student understands and demonstrates practical implementations of modern software development. The student is able to design and implement a technical pipeline/platform for a modern development environment. The student reflects on his/her own learning commendably.

Fail 0: The student does not meet the minimum criteria set for the course.

Teaching language

en

Teaching methods

- lectures/online lectures
- distance learning
- exercises
- learning tasks

Location and time

The course will be implemented in the fall semester of 2023.

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5

Qualifications

Basics of JavaScript programming

Content

The key topics of the course are:
- Modern software and micro-service architecture
- Modern software development on common cloud services
- Serverless development and function as a service
- DevOps methods
- Continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD pipeline)
- Containers and container orchestration
- Common modern front-end and back-end frameworks

Objective

The student understands terminology and principles of modern software development and knows most of the important use cases to create and manage modern software architecture.