Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming

by Clemens Szyperski

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.

Genres: Software, Computer Science

411 pages, Hardcover

First published December 19, 1997

Reviews

[Kai Weber · Rating 3 out of 5]

The majority of hopes that computer scientists attached to the concept of component technology since the 1960's have never been fulfilled. In the mid-90's Clemens Szyperski expected a software component market to be on the brink of taking off. In spite of the fact that this didn't happen, the abstraction called "component" has become ubiquitous, and thinking about it as a sane design principle pays off.
Szyperski covers the topic on many different layers - architectural, implementation, market, and does so in a concise and interesting manner. The sequence of chapters looks a bit random, but the author gives some explicit guidance for a reading sequence for different target groups.

[Nithya Dhavamani]

nice one