Computer Science

For any software engineer, developer or programmer interested in O-O software and programming.

This long-awaited revision retains the clarity, practicality and innovations that helped the first edition sell over 75,000 copies since 1988. Now over 1200 pages with a CD ROM full of object tools, this edition is fully revised and considerably expanded, making it THE definitive reference on the most promising software development in 30 years.

• topics covered include:

  • Concurrency

  • O-O Databases

  • Encapsulation

  • Persistence

  • Dynamic Binding

  • Design by Contract

  • Inheritance

  • Abstract Data Types

  • Typing

  • Client-Server

  • The Internet.

• most comprehensive coverage of O-O technology ever (1250 pages with CD ROM) — from one of the founders.

• an epic O-O book destined to become the source for object technology.

• Introduces object technology gradually, comparing it to non-object-oriented approaches, and explaining the benefit of every object-oriented mechanism for software quality and productivity.

• Uses a high-level notation (based on Eiffel) to introduce the concepts, and explains how to implement them in various environments and languages such as C++, Java, Smalltalk, Ada 95, and even non-0-0 languages such as C, FORTRAN, Pascal and Ada 83.

• Contains an abundance of examples and several in-depth case studies.

PART A: THE ISSUES.

PART B: THE ROAD TO OBJECT ORIENTATION.

PART C: OBJECT-ORIENTED TECHNIQUES.

PART D: OBJECT-ORIENTED METHODOLOGY: APPLYING THE METHOD WELL.

PART E: ADVANCED TOPICS.

PART F: APPLYING THE METHOD IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES AND ENVIRONMENTS.

PART G: DOING IT RIGHT.

PART H: APPENDICES.

Object-Oriented Design [PTG: PRENTICE HALL PROFESSIONAL] (Computer Science)

 

BERTRAND MEYER is one of the pioneers of modern software engineering, whose experience spans both industry and academia. He has led the development of successful O-O products and libraries totaling thousands of classes. His Prentice Hall books include Object Success (an introduction to object technology for managers), Introduction to the Theory of Programming Languages, Eiffel: The Language, Object-Oriented Applications, and Reusable Software. He is a frequent keynote speaker at international conferences and consultant for Fortune 500 companies, editor of the Object-Oriented Series, associate member of the applications section of the French Academy of Sciences, chairman of the TOOLS conference series, and editor of the Object Technology department of IEEE Computer.

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The definitive reference on the most important new technology in software!

“While the original version of OOSC is a classic, OOSC 2/E is destined to overshadow it and all other general introductions . . . literally an epic work.” —James C. McKim, Jr., Hartford Graduate Center

“Compelling. Extremely well-written and literate . . . I recaptured that same sense of intellectual excitement I felt reading the first edition for the first time.” —Paul Dubois, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Editor, Scientific Programming Dept., Computers in Physics

“The definitive tome on Object-Orientation . . . the finest piece of writing and thinking about this vast subject . . . Bertrand has a lot to say of great importance and says it well in this significantly revised book.” —Richard Wiener, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Editor, Journal for Object-Oriented Programming

A whole generation was introduced to object technology through the first edition of Bertrand Meyer's OOSC. This long-awaited new edition retains the qualities of clarity, practicality and scholarship that made the first an instant best-seller. It has been thoroughly revised and considerably expanded. No other book on the market provides such a breadth and depth of coverage on the most important technology in software development.

SOME OF THE NEW TOPICS COVERED IN DEPTH BY THIS SECOND EDITION:

• Concurrency, distribution, client-server and the Internet.
• Object-oriented databases, persistence, schema evolution.
• Design by contract: how to build software that works the first time around.
• A study of fundamental design patterns.
• How to find the classes and many others topics of object-oriented methodology.
• How to use inheritance well and detect misuses.
• Abstract data types: the theory behind object technology.
• Typing: role, issues and solutions.
• More than 400 references to books, articles, Web pages, newsgroups; glossary of object technology.
• And many new developments on the topics of the first edition: reusability, modularity, software quality, O-O languages, inheritance techniques, genericity, memory management, etc.

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