Accounting for Software Development
āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ: āĻāĻŽāύāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ Accounting āĻļā§āĻāĻž āϝāĻžāϤ⧠HRM, Payroll, Inventory, Asset Management, Hospital, School, ERP, Billing, Procurement, Finance āĻŦāĻž āĻ āύā§āϝ āϝā§āĻā§āύ⧠business application-āĻ accounting features confidently design, implement, test āĻāĻŦāĻ review āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āĻāĻāĻŋ traditional accountant āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ Software Developer / Software Architect-āĻāϰ perspective āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
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- đ The Book â Print Edition â āĻ āϧā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻž, āϞā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻ āĻā§āϰāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻ print format
- Projects āĻ Exit Criteria â āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāĻŦā§āύ, āĻāϰ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āϝāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻāĻžāĻ āĻŋ
- ā§Ŧ āĻŽāĻžāϏā§āϰ Study Plan āĻ Routine â month-by-month plan, daily/weekly routine, study method
Final Capability: Requirement āĻĨā§āĻā§ Report āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ final capability āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ â āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ business requirement āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϰ⧠accounting chain mentally trace āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž:
Business Requirement
â
Business Transaction
â
Accounting Event
â
Debit / Credit Logic
â
Posting Rule
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Journal Entry
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Subledger
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General Ledger
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Reconciliation
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Financial ReportāĻŦāĻāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§
| Volume | Part | āĻ āϧā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volume 1 Fundamentals & Core | Part 1 â Fundamentals | ā§§âā§§ā§Ļ | Debit/Credit, COA, Journal, GL, Trial Balance |
| Part 2 â Core Business Accounting | ā§§ā§§â⧧⧝ | Cash, Bank, AR, AP, Revenue, Accrual, Prepaid | |
| Part 3 â Financial Statements | ⧍ā§Ļâ⧍ā§Ŧ | P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Adjusting, Closing | |
| Volume 2 Accounting in Business Applications | Part 4 â Application-specific | ⧍ā§âā§Šā§Ģ | Inventory, Purchase, Payroll, Asset, Hospital, School, Budget, Cost Center |
| Volume 3 Accounting Software Engineering | Part 5 â Architecture | ā§Šā§Ŧâā§Ģā§Š | Subledger, Event, Posting Rule Engine, Voucher, Period, Reversal, Reconciliation, Audit, Idempotency, Report, API, Testing, Capstone |
| Part 6 â Advanced ERP | ā§Ģā§Ēâā§Ŧ⧍ | Multi-currency, Tax, Cost Accounting, Manufacturing, Consolidation, Migration |
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Recommended Study Time
| āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ | āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ |
|---|---|
| āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ | ⧍ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž |
| āĻŽā§āĻ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ | ā§Ģâā§ āĻŽāĻžāϏ |
| āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§ | ā§Ŧ āĻĻāĻŋāύ study + ā§§ āĻĻāĻŋāύ revision |
| āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ | Theory + Exercise + Architecture + Implementation â parallel-āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ |
6-Month High-Level Timeline
Month 1â2 Accounting Foundation + Core Accounting Flows
Month 3 Financial Statements + Inventory + Payroll + Asset Accounting
Month 4 Hospital + School + Budget Accounting
Month 5 Accounting Architecture + Posting Engine + Subledger + Reconciliation
Month 6 Advanced Accounting Architecture + Full Capstone Accounting System| Month | Main Focus | Expected Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | Accounting equation, debit/credit, COA, journal | Basic accounting transaction confidently analyze āĻāϰāĻž |
| Month 2 | AR, AP, cash/bank, revenue, expense, accrual, prepaid | Common business accounting flows understand āĻāϰāĻž |
| Month 3 | Financial statements, inventory, payroll, asset | Operational modules-āĻāϰ accounting impact design āĻāϰāĻž |
| Month 4 | Hospital, school, budget accounting | Domain-specific accounting flows independently model āĻāϰāĻž |
| Month 5 | Posting engine, events, subledger, GL, reconciliation | Production accounting architecture understand/design āĻāϰāĻž |
| Month 6 | Reliability, audit, reversal, idempotency, reporting, capstone | End-to-end generic accounting system architect āĻāϰāĻž |
āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻŦā§āύ
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻ āϧā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻ ā§§ā§Ļ-section āĻāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āϞā§āĻāĻž â Learning Objective āĻĨā§āĻā§ Summary Card āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤāĨ¤ āĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϏāĻžāϰ⧠āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āύ; āĻ āϧā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āϰ Exercises āĻāϰ Developer Challenge āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ Part āĻļā§āώ āĻšāϞ⧠Projects āĻ Exit Criteria āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϏā§āĻ Part-āĻāϰ Project āϧāϰā§āύāĨ¤ Exit Criteria āύāĻŋāĻā§ verify āĻāϰāϤ⧠āύāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϰāϞ⧠āĻĒāϰā§āϰ Part-āĻ āϝāĻžāĻŦā§āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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Final Target
āĻāĻāĻāύ developer āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āϝā§āĻā§āύ⧠business software-āĻ accounting layer design, implement, verify āĻāĻŦāĻ defend āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž â āϝā§āύ accounting āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻā§āύ⧠domain āύāĻž, āĻŦāϰāĻ system-āĻāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ subsystemāĨ¤