Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming - Hardcover

Szyperski, Clemens

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0201178885 ISBN 13: 9780201178883

Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 1997

Synopsis

Component Software Engineering is an emerging technology about to take the software industry by storm. Building on existing object-oriented approaches, component technology can be used to deliver reusable, 'off-the-shelf ' software components for incorporation into large applications. Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming explains the technical foundations of this evolving technology and its importance in the software market place. It provides in-depth discussion of both the technical and the business issues to be considered, then moves on to suggest approaches for implementing component-oriented software production and the organizational requirements for success. The author draws on his own experience to offer tried-and-tested solutions to common problems and novel approaches to potential pitfalls. Anyone responsible for developing software strategy, evaluating new technologies, buying or building software will find Clemens Szyperski's objective and market-aware perspective of this new area invaluable.

About this title

About the Author

Clemens Szyperski joined Microsoft Research at Redmond, Washington in 1999 to continue his work on component software. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and a Masters in electrical engineering from Aachen University of Technology, Germany. As a co-founder of Oberon microsystems, Inc., Switzerland, he was involved in BlackBox Component Builder, one of the first development environments for component-oriented programming. He is a frequent speaker at industrial and academic events, and has served on the program committees of many premier conferences, including ICSE, OOPSLA and ECOOP, as well as a referee for national research funding bodies in many countries, including Australia, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the U.S. He is also the author of numerous articles and several books.

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From the Back Cover

Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming explains the technical foundations of this evolving technology and its importance in the software market place. It provides in-depth discussion of both the technical and the business issues to be considered, then moves on to suggest approaches for implementing component-oriented software production and the organizational requirements for success. The author draws on his own experience to offer tried-and-tested solutions to common problems and novel approaches to potential pitfalls.

Anyone responsible for developing software strategy, evaluating new technologies, buying or building software will find Clemens Szyperskiis objective and market-aware perspective of this new area invaluable. Helpful Features Include:

* a uniquely objective comparison of the industry front-runnersi products: Sunis Java Beans; Microsoftis DCOM and Active X; the OMGis CORBA and IIOP
* a description of the emerging industry standards being developed by consortia such as the OMG and the OPEN Group
* studies of component-oriented tools and languages, using Java and Component Pascal as examples
* in-depth discussion of the potential and challenges of component software

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201178885
• ISBN 13: 9780201178883
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 411