Software Development Process
Every application starts with a problem.
- What to do:
- Describe what we want to build.
- Describe who will use it.
- Describe why it matters.
The requirements will tell us what your system should do. This is divided into functional and non functional requirements.
- Functional Requirements:
- We discous the features your application must have like the actions a user can take.
- Non-functional Requirements:
- Speed requirements
- Security
- Platform (web, stand alone or mobile)
- Scalability
Decisions on how the application will be build are taken.
- Choose technology:
- ASP .Net
- MVC
- Web Forms
- Angula
- Java
- C#
- PHP
- WordPress
- Joomla
- Create a timeline:
- Break the project into small tasks
This includes UI/UX design and system architecture.
- UI/UX Design:
- Draw screens on paper or use tools (Figma, Canva, Sketch)
- Design user flows (signup → create task → set reminder)
- Architecture Design:
- How frontend and backend communicate
- APIs needed
- App navigation structure
- Design user flows (signup → create task → set reminder)
- Database structure:
- MySQL
- SQL
- PostgesSQL
Before coding, install the tools.
- Programming language environments:
- Visual Studio
- Git + GitHub or GitLab
- Frameworks (React, .Net, MVC etc.)
- Database
- SQL server management studio
- PHPMyAdmin
- Start Coding (Implementation Phase)
- Build the frontend UI
- Build backend API endpoints
- Connect frontend → backend
- Connect backend → database
- Implement authentication
Testing ensures the system works correctly. We look for bugs, UI problems, performance issues and Security issues
- Types of testing we do:
- Manual testing (click around yourself)
- Integration testing (frontend ↔ backend)
- User testing (ask friends/users to try it)
- We look for:
- Bugs (crashes, wrong results)
- UI problems
- Performance issues
Security issues
This makes the application available and ready for use.
- Deployment steps:
- Build a production version
- Configure environment settings
- Upload to hosting platform
- Test deployment
Software development continues after launch.
- Post-launch tasks:
- Build a production version
- Fix bugs
- Release updates
- Improve performance
- Add features
- Monitor logs
- Upload to hosting platform
- Test deployment
