[Year 12 SofDev] Network diagrams and design Q

[Claudia Graham]

Hi Philip,

I have had a number of questions about the network diagram. For me is was an easy way to show what needed to be shown without having to write it. I agree it is not explicit in the study design. But an SRS does require information about the operating environment etc.

I would think you could do this using a table or directed questions or a list or even a paragraph of text, if you didn't want to do a diagram.

For me it gave kids an opportunity to do something graphically, it can of course be annotated if required to show more understanding.

Re the Functional/Non Functional - that is in the PSM definition of Analysis  study design page 17 and it about 'what' not 'how' (which is design)

Regards
Claudia


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Claudia Graham
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Overnewton College
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From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of PIKE Philip
Sent: Wednesday, 16 March 2011 12:27 PM
To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Network diagrams and design Q

Hi all,
Network diagrams aren't specifically mentioned in the study design.

*         tools and techniques for depicting the interfaces between solutions, users and the network, including use cases, via the Unified Modelling Language (1.10)
I noticed Claudia's SRS template requested a network diagram.

Are other people teaching network diagrams?

I am also a little confused. Outcome one is primarily about the analysis of an existing system, but we are asking students to describe

*         features of functional and non-functional solution requirements (1.6)

Isn't this a design task rather than an analysis of the current system?

Would appreciate some input.
Thanks



Philip Pike
Director of ICT
Bacchus Marsh Grammar
Sth Maddingley Rd.
Bacchus Marsh 3340
Ph 03 53664800
fax 03 53664850

From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark KELLY
Sent: Wednesday, 30 June 2010 1:07 PM
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Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] Back to BASIC(s)

Hi All.

While I haven't had an SD class for a while (low enrolments and all), I will be taking a year 10 IT elective in the coming semester which is sort of a SD precursor.

Having been annoyed in the past by programming introductions that stressed the GUI at the expense of 'real' programming (e.g. the spent most of their time manipulating object properties and never discovered variables, arrays, loops and logic) I have decided to go back to basics... literally.

To force the kids to focus on fundamentals I wanted to start with good ol' QuickBASIC that has no GUI at all.  Alas, it proved impossible to get it to run under Win7.  That's when I found QB64 at http://www.qb64.net.

This is a nice rendition of reverse engineering QB that will work happily in a Win7 64 bit environment.  It will be good to get the kiddies away from frills and back to the meat-and-vegies of programming.  Only then will I get them into GUI and OOP.

Enjoy the hols

Mark

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