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Object-Oriented and Classical Software Engineering
Building on seven strong editions, the eighth edition maintains the organization and approach for which "Object-Oriented and Classical Software Engineering" is known while making significant improvements and additions to content as well as problems and projects. The revisions for the eighth edition make the text easier to use in a one-semester course. Integrating case studies to show the object oriented approach to software engineering, "Object-Oriented and Classical Software Engineering," 8/e presents an excellent introduction to software engineering fundamentals, covering both traditional and object-oriented techniques.
While maintaining a unique organization with Part I covering underlying software engineering theory, and Part II presenting the more practical life cycle, the eighth edition includes significant revision to problems, new content, as well as a new chapter to enable instructors to better-utilize the book in a one-semester course. Complementing this well-balanced approach is the straightforward, student-friendly writing style, through which difficult concepts are presented in a clear, understandable manner.
While maintaining a unique organization with Part I covering underlying software engineering theory, and Part II presenting the more practical life cycle, the eighth edition includes significant revision to problems, new content, as well as a new chapter to enable instructors to better-utilize the book in a one-semester course. Complementing this well-balanced approach is the straightforward, student-friendly writing style, through which difficult concepts are presented in a clear, understandable manner.
688 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1, 2001
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June 20, 2021
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pick a Methodology, Any Methodology
June 18, 2008
Stephen R. Schach's "Object-Oriented & Classical Software Engineering" (7ed) is an OK book: it's not bad, but it could certainly be better.
First, some minor quibbles: even though the typography and editing is good, I'm not all that enamored with the color scheme: the orange and black theme is too much like a pumpkin. I know it's trivial, but I thought I'd just pass it along. A little more meaningful is that Schach seems to place too much emphasis on definitions. I don't need multiple reminders of the differences between things like corrective, perfective and adaptive maintenance. It would be better if he just focused on the function and not on the definition. For university use, I suppose this is OK. But, I found it a bit irritating.
The medium-level problem with the book is that there's a lot of temporal shift in the presentation: he would talk about some model or methodology in terms that implied it was the latest and greatest thing. Yet, it had been around for decades. This is probably a function of the overall age of the book: this is the 7th edition.
Most importantly, Schach needs to pick a methodology and stick with it: either talk about the classical methodology or the object-oriented one. Not both. Nowadays, most people probably work with, and are interested in, an object-oriented methodology. Having 1/3 of a book filled with the classical methodology is useless to them. Ditto for those people still working in a classical environment: they won't care about 2/3 of the book. And, for those people who are in a classical environment and want to move to an object-oriented one, there's really nothing in the book that will help them with the transition. If he removed the classical material from the book and published a "how to transition" book instead, that would be great.
Again, it's not a bad book. But, it's not that great. I rate it at an OK 3 stars out of 5.
Pick a Methodology, Any Methodology
June 18, 2008
Stephen R. Schach's "Object-Oriented & Classical Software Engineering" (7ed) is an OK book: it's not bad, but it could certainly be better.
First, some minor quibbles: even though the typography and editing is good, I'm not all that enamored with the color scheme: the orange and black theme is too much like a pumpkin. I know it's trivial, but I thought I'd just pass it along. A little more meaningful is that Schach seems to place too much emphasis on definitions. I don't need multiple reminders of the differences between things like corrective, perfective and adaptive maintenance. It would be better if he just focused on the function and not on the definition. For university use, I suppose this is OK. But, I found it a bit irritating.
The medium-level problem with the book is that there's a lot of temporal shift in the presentation: he would talk about some model or methodology in terms that implied it was the latest and greatest thing. Yet, it had been around for decades. This is probably a function of the overall age of the book: this is the 7th edition.
Most importantly, Schach needs to pick a methodology and stick with it: either talk about the classical methodology or the object-oriented one. Not both. Nowadays, most people probably work with, and are interested in, an object-oriented methodology. Having 1/3 of a book filled with the classical methodology is useless to them. Ditto for those people still working in a classical environment: they won't care about 2/3 of the book. And, for those people who are in a classical environment and want to move to an object-oriented one, there's really nothing in the book that will help them with the transition. If he removed the classical material from the book and published a "how to transition" book instead, that would be great.
Again, it's not a bad book. But, it's not that great. I rate it at an OK 3 stars out of 5.
July 3, 2013
للأسف النسخة اللي معايا - رغم انها أصلية - بس قديمة, كان ممكن أستفيد أكتر م الكتاب ده لو معايا نسخة جديدة.
December 13, 2013
It is one of the best book for understanding the organized and classical object oriented software engineering. Really enjoyed reading it, the book have some great examples and easy to undertand.
April 21, 2016
Kotak "Just in Case You Wanted to Know" mengganggu fokus.
April 11, 2017
It is good for working on the project, homework, and exams. It reads and highlight to understand and it works for passing the class
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