scientific article; zbMATH DE number 108409

Authors Ian Morrey, John R. Pugh, Douglas Bell

Publication date 23 January 1993

object-oriented programming software engineering

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to computer science (68-01) General topics in the theory of software (68N01)

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This book provides an introduction to software engineering for students in undergraduate programs in Computer Science, Computer Studies, Information Technology and related fields at the college or university level. The book is also aimed at practising workers in software industry who whish to keep abreast of recent developments in software engineering. The scope of the book is largely well-established and widely used techniques but there is also treatment of techniques likely to be in practical use within the foreseeable future. The authors deliberately avoided taking a formal, mathematical approach to the subject. Rather, they prefer the ``programming approach. They have two good reasons: programming can be thought of as software engineering and many ideas in software engineering had their origins in programming. The approach allows to require fluency in a high-level programming language and a some programming experience as prerequisites only. The book is structured as follows. The first chapter discusses the current problems of constructing software and explores the goals of the field. Part I looks at approaches to finding out and specifying what users want. Design is the vital activity of deciding upon the overall structure of a piece of software. Part II explores the variety of approaches to design that are in use today. In Part III the spectrum of programming paradigms are surveyed. Part IV is a collection of techniques that are used during the implementation phase of software development. The book is very readable, and provides the reader with an easily accessible overview of up-to-date software engineering techniques.

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