Software Development the in's and out's

Software Development, What is it?

Well, in its basic form it is creating software to work in a particular way, computer

programming software to carry out a task or solve a problem.

Software is developed for a wide variety of reasons commonly used to meet specific needs of

a company or client.

Finding the right company for your requirements.

When you have found a potential software development company then you will meet to

discuss your requirements and how to put them into action. The company should be

intelligent and offer lots of solutions and ideas to you.

You will need to ask the all important questions, how much will it cost, how long will it and

will you keep to budget, can we seen work carried out for other clients. (Portfolio)

Some combinations of stages of software development:

Analysing a problem

Market research

Gathering requirements for the proposed business solution

Devising a plan or design for the software-based solution

Implementation (coding) of the software

Testing the software

Deployment

Maintenance and bug fixing

Software development is everywhere

We are surrounded with software, on our phones, tablets, computer etc. Apps, games, office

programs, social sites, date sites, I could go on forever, basicly, everything has been

developed at some point.

These stages are often referred to collectively as the software development lifecycle, or

SDLC. Different approaches to software development may carry out these stages in different

orders, or devote more or less time to different stages.

Do you fancy a career in Software Development?

There are many ways to get a career at a software company, you could go to college or

university and do a degree, maybe do an internship with a existing development company.

It can be a very fulfilling career path and also quite lucrative.