The authors‎'‎ focus in this book is to deliver software engineering knowledge and skills that readers can put into immediate practical use‎.‎ The book provides the essential topic coverage required by students of software engineering‎,‎ from the nuts and bolts of objects to software architecture‎,‎ from writing code to testing‎,‎ from software development processes to project management‎.‎ Working through nine contemporary themes in Software Engineering‎,‎ students are given an awareness of key issues from understanding the customer and user‎,‎ evaluating alternative requirements and design‎,‎ to developing quantitative and logical thinking and effective communication‎.‎ The book is designed to be used primarily in second‎-year software engineering courses‎,‎ but is also widely use in its first edition as an introductory software engineering text at all levels‎.‎ It will also be valuable to programming practitioners who want to develop a better understanding of modern software engineering‎.‎