What is software engineering and how does it develop?

What is software engineering?

Software engineering is a subject that studies and applies how to develop and maintain software through systematic, standardized and quantitative process methods, and how to combine the correct management technology that has stood the test of time with the best available technical methods. It involves programming languages, databases, software development tools, system platforms, standards, design patterns and so on.

How's it going?

-The scale of the software industry is expanding year by year.

In recent years, China's software and information technology service industry has operated well, with rapid growth in income and benefits and steady increase in employment; The pace of industrial development in the direction of high quality is accelerating, the structure is constantly adjusted and optimized, new growth points are constantly emerging, and the ability to serve and support the construction of two powerful countries is significantly enhanced, which is becoming an important driving force for the development of digital economy and the evolution of smart society.

In 20 19, there were more than 40,000 enterprises above designated size in the software and information technology service industry in China, and the accumulated software business income was 7176.8 billion yuan, up by 15.4% year-on-year. In the first three quarters of 2020, the software business income of China's software industry reached 5,838.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1 1.3%.

-Information technology services occupy an absolute dominant position.

In recent years, the development trend of each market segment of China's software industry is generally on the rise, that is, the income market scale of software products, information technology services, information security products and embedded system software has increased.

Specifically, information technology services remain ahead, and the industry continues to develop towards services and cloud. In the first three quarters of 2020, the revenue of information technology services reached 35 162 billion yuan, accounting for 60.2% of the total revenue of the whole industry, and it occupied an absolute dominant position in the software industry. Among them, the revenue from big data services is 654.38+53 million yuan; The income from integrated circuit design is 654.38+056.2 billion yuan; Cloud service revenue is 654.38+045.3 billion yuan; The technical service income of e-commerce platform was 602.8 billion yuan.

Revenue from information security products and services has increased steadily. In the first three quarters of 2020, the revenue of information security products and services reached 95.9 billion yuan, accounting for 1.7% of the total industry revenue.

Embedded system software has become the key driving technology for digital transformation and intelligent value-added of products and equipment in various fields. In the first three quarters of 2020, the revenue of embedded system software was 636.5 billion yuan, accounting for 10.9% of the total industry revenue.

-For more research and analysis of this industry, please refer to the Analysis Report on Market Foresight and Investment Strategic Planning of China Software Industry by Foresight Industry Research Institute.