Software development is becoming recognised more and more as an essential skill and profession in today's increasingly digital world. This book is a pragmatic guide to software development in practice. It explores the inner workings of software development in the context of the industry, covering good practice for software developers and providing you with tools and practical understanding you'll need to advance within the software development world.

1. GETTING STARTED IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
2. TARGET ROLES
3. OVERVIEW OF DIFFERENT TASKS A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER MIGHT ENCOUNTER IN THE ROLE
4. OVERVIEW OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGIES 
5. OVERVIEW OF COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE LANGUAGES AND PARADIGMS 
6. ANALYSIS AND PLANNING 
7. WRITING GOOD-QUALITY CODE 
8. DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE USER INTERFACES
9. LINKING PROGRAM CODE TO BACK-END DATA SOURCES 
10. TESTING CODE AND ANALYSING RESULTS 
11. WORKING WITH STRUCTURED TECHNIQUES TO PROBLEM-SOLVE AND DESIGN SOLUTIONS 
12. HOW TO DEBUG CODE AND UNDERSTAND UNDERLYING PROGRAM STRUCTURE
13. WORKING WITH SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ARTEFACTS
14. BUILDING, MANAGING AND DEPLOYING CODE INTO ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENTS 
15. INDUSTRY APPROACHES TO TESTING
16. CLIENT AND STAKEHOLDER FOCUS
17. PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
18. FINAL THOUGHTS