Technical Documentation

Software Engineering

The systematic application of engineering principles to the design, development, testing, and maintenance of software.

Agile Methodology

An iterative approach to software development emphasising flexibility, collaboration, and rapid delivery of working software.

Scrum

An agile framework using fixed-length iterations called sprints for incremental product delivery with defined roles and ceremonies.

Kanban

A visual workflow management method that limits work in progress and optimises the flow of tasks through a system.

Waterfall Model

A sequential software development methodology where each phase must be completed before the next begins.

Technical Architecture

The design and structure of a software system's technical components and their relationships.

Design Pattern

A reusable solution to a commonly occurring problem within a given context in software design.

SOLID Principles

Five principles of object-oriented design promoting maintainable, flexible, and understandable code.

Domain-Driven Design

A software design approach focusing on modelling the business domain and aligning code with business logic.

Clean Architecture

A software design philosophy separating concerns into layers with dependencies pointing inward toward business rules.

Stress Testing

Testing a system beyond normal operational capacity to determine its breaking point and failure behaviour.

Database Design

The process of defining the structure, storage, and retrieval of data in a database system.

A development practice where code changes are automatically built and tested when merged to a shared repository.

Storing frequently accessed data in a fast-access storage layer to reduce latency and improve performance.

A design pattern that prevents cascading failures by stopping calls to a failing service temporarily.

A distributed version control system for tracking changes in source code during software development.

A type of resource leak where a program fails to release memory that is no longer needed.

A data structure and infrastructure for managing asynchronous task processing and inter-service communication.

Testing a system's behaviour under expected and peak load conditions to ensure adequate performance.

A technique for controlling the number of requests a client can make to an API within a specified time period.