Software development
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Software development is the process of designing, programming, and documenting computer software.
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[edit] Phases of Software Development
- The initial phases of software development involve gathering software requirements and defining what the software is expected to do.
- The next step is to design and architect a solution. The solution is formalized in software specifications documents, which are often ignored for smaller projects.
- The software is then written during the programming phase.
- Sometimes an alpha version is released to a limited audience to demonstrate the project and gather initial feedback.
- Often a beta version is released to a larger audience to test the software and gather more feedback. Typically this version of the application is nearly feature-complete.
- Sometimes one or more release candidates are distributed for testing. Here the software's major bugs are identified and fixed.
- Once the software passes all critical testing it's released to end users.
- After release comes software maintenance and feature additions.
[edit] Programming
- Computer programming
- Programming languages
- Programming paradigms
- Data structures and Data types
- Performance
- Security
- Standards
- Web development
[edit] Process
See also: Category:Process
[edit] Tools
- Compilers
- Databases
- Frameworks
- Libraries
- Revision control
- Text editors & IDEs
