Software Essentials: Design and Construction

by Adair Dingle

Software Essentials: Design and Construction explicitly defines and illustrates the basic elements of software design and construction, providing a solid understanding of control flow, abstract data types (ADTs), memory, type relationships, and dynamic behavior. This text evaluates the benefits and overhead of object-oriented design (OOD) and analyzes software design options. With a structured but hands-on approach, the book:

Delineates malleable and stable characteristics of software design
Explains how to evaluate the short- and long-term costs and benefits of design decisions
Compares and contrasts design solutions, such as composition versus inheritance
Includes supportive appendices and a glossary of over 200 common terms
Covers key topics such as polymorphism, overloading, and more
While extensive examples are given in C# and/or C++, often demonstrating alternative solutions, design—not syntax—remains the focal point of Software Essentials: Design and Construction.

436 pages, Hardcover

Published July 1, 2014

Reviews

[Margot · Rating 1 out of 5]

Really really did not enjoy this book. Among other things, it was unnecessarily dense, poorly structured, and used terms without first defining them.