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A client/server system representing the second semester project for "Software Technology Engineering" programme at VIA University College.

Cake Store Client/Server System

As a viable and reasonable case idea for the second semester project, undertaking Software Technology Engineering programme at VIA University College, the Cake Store System depicts separately a client and server side GUI application written in Java and JavaFX alongside with a PostgreSQL database for back end storage. The terse context of the case idea is to create a system which would allow the customers of an abstract made-up cake bakery view a catalog of available products, easily place any orders and receive notifications within the application itself.

Educational Purpose of the Project

The project's purpose is to develop and document a client/server system as well as demonstrate the acquisition of process skills.

Skills and Competences

During project development students learn and demonstrate the following abilities:

• Use an iterative system development method when executing a software project.
• Execute effective literature searching, in order to judge validity and reliability.
• Document the Analysis and Design of a software system using UML.
• Capture and formulate the requirements, both functional and non-functional, of a software system.
• Design a normalized relational database for data persistence, based on the preliminary analysis.
• Use SCRUM to control the development process of a software project.
• Use Unified Process as a system development method.
• Construct a project report in a well-structured manner, using provided templates.
• Describe a project execution in a process report.
• Conduct and execute a software project in collaboration with group members.
• Perform unit testing and use case testing based on the requirements and code of a software system.
• Implement a client-server software system in Java according to the system’s design.
• Implement a relational database as part of a client-server system according to the system’s design.
• Apply theory of database normalization that will result in a relational database on 3rd normal form.
• Capture requirements, analyse, design, implement and test a client/server system using UML, Java and SQL.
• Create and argue for a design that supports team collaboration of implementation, testing and execution with a clear connection between requirements, analysis, design, implementation, test and documentation.
• Create a small, robust, concurrent client/server system with the proper selection of design patterns and database-persistence to achieve a maintainable and flexible architecture.
• Black Box and White Box testing of a software system using relevant testing techniques.
• Apply relevant design principles including SOLID principles so that the resulting software system is maintainable, flexible and robust.
• Reflect upon chosen technical solutions of the software system for example their choice of design patterns.

References

The complete course description is documented thoroughly and can be found on the subsequent page.