Developing software and implementation

With enough information on how the software will work, it’s now time for the part that everyone, developers included, are familiar with: implementation, also known as software development, programming, or coding. While low-level design documents how the software is built, it doesn’t define the details of how. It’s the job of the software developer to define those details according to the standards the team has set around the style of the code, which affects the readability and maintainability of the code. A common rule for software engineers working on a code base is to make sure it’s built in a way that another engineer can continue the work on or fix any bugs that it might be contributing to. This means preparing clear documentation in addition to following the team’s coding standards. Another phase that may take place while coding is testing, where it is common practice for software engineers to write additional...