Software Construction | MIT Online Courses | Programming Fundamentals

Dive into the fundamental principles and techniques of software development at MIT. Learn to write high-quality, maintainable code through topics like testing, state machines, and concurrent programming.

Introduction

This course introduces fundamental principles and techniques of software development. Students learn how to write software that is safe from bugs, easy to understand, and ready for change.

Highlights

• Specifications and invariants
• Testing, test-case generation, and coverage
• State machines
• Abstract data types and representation independence
• Design patterns for object-oriented programming
• Concurrent programming, including message passing and shared concurrency, and defending against races and deadlock
• Functional programming with immutable data and higher-order functions

Recommendation

This course is recommended for students interested in learning fundamental principles and techniques of software development, including how to write high-quality, maintainable code.