Software Design and Model-based Development

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Using state-of-the-art software development tools, this course offers a comprehensive introduction to object-oriented specification, design and model-based development using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Java.


An interactive, hands-on course, you'll be taught the graphical notations of UML class diagrams and use cases by one of the originators of model-based development, together with their corresponding executable equivalents in Java. We'll also use a game-played programme and a student data system to examine the use of UML to specify and design software systems.You'll complete this intensive course with a strong understanding of the principles of model-based development, knowledge of key elements of UML class diagram and use case notation, how UML and Java are related, and the ability to use UML class diagrams and use cases to specify simple systems.

To make the most of this course, you should have some introductory level knowledge of software programming languages, such as Java, C# or C++.The key features of this course include:- Being taught UML and model-based development using state-of-the-art technologies.- Being taught by one of the originators of model-based development.- The interactive hands-on approach.

This course will be taught in three parts.

Part 1: Principles of model-based development, motivations for development based on modelling; introduction to case studies.

Part 2: Introduction to UML class diagram notation and use case notation, examples of specification using UML, relationship of UML to Java, principles of specification modelling.

Part 3: Software design and development using UML models, synthesis of software in Java from UML models.

Each part corresponds to approximately one week. Lab sessions will be used for parts two and three, involving practical use of model-based development tools to draw UML models and automatically synthesise software.



Period
01-07-2013 - 19-07-2013 (3 weeks)

Target group
Students should ideally have some introductory level knowledge of software programming languages, such as Java, C# or C++.

Course aim
This course gives an introduction to object-oriented specification and design and model-based development using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Java. The graphical notations of UML class diagrams and use cases are explained, together with their corresponding executable equivalents in Java. Two examples are used to illustrate the use of UML to specify and design software systems: a game-playing programme, and a student data system. The course will involve practical exercises using state-of-the-art software development tools.

Credits
7.5 ECTS credits

Many of our students get credit for the summer courses taken at Kings. You should approach your home university before applying to find out whether they accept our courses for credit. We would recommend a three-week course to be equivalent 4 US credits or 7.5 ECTS, for instance.

Course fee
GBP 1350: tuition fee only

Course leader
Dr Kevin Lano is Reader in Software Engineering at King's College London. He has worked for over 20 years in the fields of system specification and verification. A co-founder of the Precise UML group in 1996, he produced some of the first research on

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