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Cambridge AS & A Level Computer Science

12Software development

Software development in Cambridge AS & A Level Computer Science: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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  • Development life cycles: waterfall, iterative and RAD

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  • Program design: structure charts and state-transition diagrams

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  • Dry runs, trace tables and finding errors in algorithms

    55 min

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  • Testing, errors and maintenance

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What is the purpose of a trace table?

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