2.4 Current Trends in Software Development


Students Learn About:

employment trends in software development, for example:
  • outsourcing
  • contract programmers
trends in software development
  • changing nature of the environment in which developers work while creating software solutions 
  • changing nature of applications 
    • (see Course Descriptions documents)
    • web-based software
    • learning objects
    • widgets
    • apps and applets
    • Web 2.0 tools
    • cloud computing
    • mobile phone technology
    • collaborative environments

Students Learn To:


  • make informed comment on current trends in software development