A software development life cycle is a process that software engineers use to plan, create, test, and deploy software applications.
There are many different types of software development life cycles, waterfall, agile or continuous, they all share some common stages which roughly include planning, designing, coding, testing, and deploying.
The planning stage is where the software engineer decides what the software application will do and how it will do it.
This is also the stage where the engineer decides which programming language to use and which tools and libraries to use.
The design stage is where the software engineer creates the software application’s structure and user interface.
This is also the stage where the engineer decides how the software will be tested.
The coding stage is where the software engineer writes the code for the software application.
This is also the stage where the engineer decides which software development methodology to use.
The testing stage is where the software engineer tests the software application to ensure that it works as intended; Whether it’s an iOS application test or an android app test – could even be a static website that needs crowd testing. it all comes down to this part of the scope.
This is the stage where the engineer decides which software testing tools to use.
The deploying stage is where the software engineer makes the software application available to users.
This is also the stage where the engineer decides how the software will be distributed.
