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Chapter1
Introduction to Software Development1
1.1Life Cycle of a Software Development Project2
1.1.1Requirement Gathering2
1.1.2Writing Functional Specifications4
1.1.3Creating Architecture and Design Documents4
1.1.4Implementation and Coding5
1.1.5Testing6
1.1.6Software Releases8
1.1.7Documentation8
1.1.8Support and New Features9
1.2Components of a Development System10
1.2.1Hardware Platform10
1.2.2Operating System11
1.2.3Editors11
1.2.4Compilers and Assemblers12
1.2.5Debuggers12
1.2.6Version Control Systems12
1.2.7E-mail and Collaboration13