Industrial Software Development

Academic Year 2025-2026

The course will start on Oct. 1, 2025. Teams link.

Instructors: Prof. Battista Biggio, Dr. Angelo Sotgiu, Dr. Leonardo Regano.

MSc in Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence

GitHub repository for course material: https://github.com/unica-isde/isde

Website: https://unica-isde.github.io/isde/

Lectures

• Monday, 9.30-11.30, room D, building B
• Wednesday, 15.00-18.00, room D, building B
• Friday, 10.30-13.30, room D, building B

Slides

Part I (Instructor: Prof. Battista Biggio)

1. Introduction
2. Python Basics (Python Notebook 1)
3. Python - Programming Exercise (Python Notebook 2) (Extra1) (Extra2) (Solutions)
4. Python - Docstrings
5. Plan-driven and Agile Software Development
6. Software Testing
7. Python Unittest (Testing Repository)
8. Git Basics and Practical Session (Git Repository)
9. Elements of Scalable Applications (not included since 2025/2026)

Part II (Instructor: Dr. Angelo Sotgiu)

1. Coding Guidelines and Best Practices
2. Modularity
3. Modules in Python
4. OOP - Introduction
5. OOP - Inheritance
6. OOP - Advanced
7. Design Patterns
8. Strategy
9. State
10. State vs Strategy
11. Singleton
12. Observer
13. Other Design Patterns
14. Lab: Image Classifier - Part 1
15. Lab: Image Classifier - Part 2
16. Lab: Image Classifier - Part 3
17. Lab: LLM ChatBot
18. AI-assisted Development

Thanks to prof. Luca Didaci for kindly allowing the reuse of his material.

Part III (Instructor: Dr. Leonardo Regano)

1. Secure programming
2. Software protection
3. GO Language Tutorial

Tutor (2023/2024)

1. Python basics
2. Advanced python