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What do we mean by “design” in software engineering?

I have been reading about different software methodologies. Every method has a design phase to some extent, more or less. I am not clear on what we mean by designing. Does this mean writing your ...
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What order do you develop program layers?

I liked the question about favorite program layer: What is your favorite program layer to work on? What order do you build them in or do different team members develop corresponding parts ...
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What can programmers learn from the construction industry? [closed]

When talking with colleagues about software design and development principles, I've noticed one of the most common sources for analogies is the construction industry. We build software and we ...
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Absolute statements in IT that are wrong [closed]

I was recently in a discussion about the absolute statement "It costs more in programming time to optimise software than it costs to throw hardware at a problem". The general thought (of which I ...