Visual Object-Oriented Programming: Concepts and Environments

Intended as an introduction and reference for developers in the area of visual and object-oriented programming, this text focuses on the elements and strategies which will help those who design object-oriented systems to avoid some of the known pitfalls. It discusses the challenges and opportunities in trying to achieve a combination which allows visual approaches to object-oriented programming, and which uses object-oriented approaches to bring out the best in visual programming.

Maps the intersection between visual programming and object technology for software developers. Describes emerging research and a few classic systems, and recounts experiences of using the available visual programming languages in a commercial setting to help new explorers avoid some of the pitfalls and dead ends. Assumes the knowledge of programming language concepts of an undergraduate in computer science, but no experience with either object-oriented or visual programming. The 12 papers are from a 1993 workshop in Washington, D.C. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.