Key Points
● Software construction the central activity in software development;
construction is the only activity that’s guaranteed to happen on every
project.
● The main activities in construction are detailed design, coding, debugging,
and developer testing.
● Other common terms for construction are “coding and debugging” and
“programming.”
● The quality of the construction substantially affects the quality of the
software.
● In the final analysis, your understanding of how to do construction
determines how good a programmer you are, and that’s the subject of the
rest of the book.