Section 11.1. What You Will Learn

11.1. What You Will Learn

We want to share with you some thoughts on practical software development. We are not covering anything specific to Linux or Java in this chapter; there will be no commands to type or syntax to learn here. You may skip ahead to the next chapterbut at your own peril. Those who know and use good software process won't need this chapter, but many programmers don't fall in to that category. In fact, some who think they are using good process may be using too much or too little for their actual situation.

If you are relatively new to the corporate world, or have only worked for one or two companies in your career to date, you may get a taste of how software is done in other corporate cultures. If you are a seasoned programmer with many such experiences, see if this doesn't sound all too familiar.

You will also see the requirements for a simple budget application that will be used in succeeding chapters. It has little to do with real budgets, but lots to do with a simple application that we can use to demonstrate various Java technologies.