Software Development From A to Z: A Deep Dive into all the Roles Involved in the Creation of Software

309 Pages·2018·16.66 MB·English

by  Olga Filipova

Olga Filipova and Rui Vilão
Software Development From A to Z
A Deep Dive into all the Roles Involved in the
Creation of Software
Olga Filipova
Berlin, Germany
Rui Vilão
Berlin, Germany
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Acknowledgments
We would like to thank Apress for the opportunity, especially Louise, Nancy,
and Jim for their continuous support.
We would like to address a huge thank you to our parents for their love and
investment in our education.
We would like to thank our friend and technical reviewer of this book,
Evgeny. Evgeny’s kind words and sincere admiration enhanced our believing in
this product.
Thank you, EdEra team for the collaboration on this book—especially Ilia
(Olga’s brother) for the brainstorming and ideating, Alexandra (EdEra’s
designer) for the great illustrations and mockups, and Vasiliy (EdEra’s head of
motion-design and post-production) for our beautiful videos.
Thank you, Malu, for sharing your great experience as a UI/UX designer in
such a deep detail with our readers.
Thank you, Safi, for the great brainstorming session to start with hand-drawn
mockups. Thank you, Oleg, for transforming that hand-drawn work into Sketch
mockups.
Thank you, Jan, for being there for the usability testing of the mockups and
for giving us your awesome feedback!
Thank you, Natasha, for being our QA engineer and providing us with the
output that enriched the book with more real examples.
Thank you, our colleagues and friends, for taking part in the interviews that
helped to enrich this book with vivid experience—Sagar, Tomás, Olga, Stan, and
Anderson.
Thank you, our friends and colleagues from OptioPay and Gymondo for your
kind support and interest in this book.
Thank you, Taissa, for reviewing a couple of chapters and giving your
invaluable feedback.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: I Have An Idea!
Introduction
Software Products and Ideas Behind Them
Different Models
Research and Development
Knowledge Sharing Platform
Minimum Viable Product
Summary
Chapter 2: Roles, Responsibilities, and Methodologies
Roles and Responsibilities
Business Owner
Product Manager
Designers
Backend
Frontend
Quality Assurance (QA)
DevOps (development + operations)
It’s Normal to be Confused About Roles!
Methodologies
Scrum
Kanban
Ok, But What Should I Use?
Our Team and Process
Summary
Chapter 3: Requirements, Commitment, and Deadlines
Product Manager
Interview With Product Manager
How People Become Product Managers and What They Deal With
Differences Between Product Owner and Product Manager
Involvement on the Path From Idea to Product
Managing Products of Different Business Areas
The Biggest Screw-Up
The Biggest Success
Preparation
Requirements and Roadmap
Kick-Off
Commitment and Deadline
Requirements for Our MVP
Summary
Chapter 4: User-Centered Design
Design Journey—Its Start and End
Personas and User Stories
Types of Design
User Interface and User Experience
Design Process—How Designers Run It
Designing Our Online Education Platform
Initial Brainstorming
Wireframes
Usability Testing
Visual Design
Interview With a Product Designer
Summary
Chapter 5: Backend Development
About the Stack...
Defining Backend Applications
Bootstrapping the Project
Build Automation Tool: Maven
Database
Pros
Cons
Authentication
Development
Database
Persistence Layer
Service Layer
Service API
REST API and Transformation Layer
Implementing the Registration
Testing
Summary
Chapter 6: Frontend Development
Let’s Code!
Where Does Frontend Start?
Markup and DOM
Document Object Model
Headings
Hyperlinks
Images
Forms
Inline and Block Elements
Style
Layout
Design Systems
Pre-Processors and Template Engines
Dynamic Content
Development Tools Console
Variables
Including JavaScript
Functions
Frameworks
Contract Between Frontend and Backend
Creating the Frontend Application for Our Platform
IDEs
Summary
Chapter 7: Testing Our Product
Different Types of Testing
Unit Testing
Integration Testing
System Testing
Acceptance Testing
Regression Testing
Who Is Testing What?
Manual QA Tester
Automation QA Tester
From Manual to Automation Tester
Tools, Platforms, and Frameworks
Testing Our Product