The Concepts a Software Engineer Should Know

Larry | Peng Yang

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Computer Science Fundamentals

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Aug 11, 2019

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• This article covers the important concepts/knowledge about software engineer
• Materials of this article include: programming note

Table of Contents

1. Data Representation
2. Numbers
3. Object-Oriented Design
4. Storage and Backup
5. Logging and Monitoring
6. Microservices and Containerisation
7. Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
8. Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) (todo)
9. Cloud Computing (todo)
10. Software Testing (todo)
11. Version Control (todo)

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• Computer Networking
• Linux
• Operating System
• Database
• Large Scale Distributed System
• Web and Security

1. Data Representation

1.1 Computer Memory & Data Representation

• The computer uses a fixed number of bits to represent a piece of data, which could be a number, a character, or others. An n-bit storage location can represent up to 2^n distinct entities.
• A computer memory location merely stores a binary pattern. It is entirely…