Object-Oriented Software Engineering – Timothy C. Lethbridge, Robert Laganière – 2nd Edition

Preface

1. Software and Software Engineering
1.1 The Nature of Software
1.2 What is Software Engineering?
1.3 Software Engineering as a Branch of the Engineering Profession
1.4 Stakeholders in Software Engineering
1.5 Software Quality
1.6 Software Engineering Projects
1.7 Activities Common to Software Projects
1.8 The Eight Themes Emphasized in this Book
1.9 Difficulties And Risks In Software Engineering as a Whole

2. Review of Object Orientation
2.1 What is Object Orientation?
2.2 Classes and Objects
2.3 Instance Variables
2.4 Methods, Operations and Polymorphism
2.5 Organizing Classes Into Inheritance Hierarchies
2.6 The Effect of Inheritance Hierarchies on Polymorphism and Variable Declarations
2.7 Concepts that Define Object Orientation
2.8 Detailed Example: A Program for Manipulating Postal Codes
2.9 Detailed Example: Classes for Representing Geometric Points
2.10 Difficulties and Risks in Programming Language Choice and Object-Oriented Programming

3. Basing Software Development on Reusable Technology
3.1 Reuse: Building on the Work and Experience Of Others
3.2 Incorporating Reusability and Reuse Into Software Engineering
3.3 Frameworks: Reusable Subsystems
3.4 The Client-Server Architecture
3.5 Technology Needed to Build Client-Server Systems
3.6 The Object Client-Server Framework (OCSF)
3.7 Basic Description of OCSF Ð Client Side
3.8 Basic Description of OCSF Ð Server Side
3.9 An Instant Messaging Application Using the OCSF
3.10 Difficulties and Risks When Considering Reusable Technology and Client-Server Systems

4. Developing Requirements
4.1 Domain Analysis
4.2 The Starting Point for Software Projects
4.3 Defining The Problem and the Scope
4.4 What Is a Requirement?
4.5 Types of Requirements
4.6 Some Techniques for Gathering and Analyzing Requirements
4.7 Types of Requirements Document
4.8 Reviewing Requirements
4.9 Managing Changing Requirements
4.10 Detailed Example: GPS-Based Automobile Navigation Assistant (GANA)
4.11 Detailed Example: Requirements for a Feature Of The SimpleChat Instant Messaging Program
4.12 Difficulties and Risks In Domain and Requirements Analysis

5. Modelling With Classes
5.1 What is UML?
5.2 Essentials of UML Class Diagrams
5.3 Associations and Multiplicity
5.4 Generalization
5.5 Instance Diagrams
5.6 More Advanced Features of Class Diagrams
5.7 Detailed Example: A Class Diagram for Genealogy
5.8 The Process Of Developing Class Diagrams
5.9 Implementing Class Diagrams in Java
5.10 Difficulties and Risks When Creating Class Diagrams

6. Using Design Patterns
6.1 Introduction to Patterns
6.2 The Abstraction-Occurrence Pattern
6.3 The General Hierarchy Pattern
6.4 The Player-Role Pattern
6.5 The Singleton Pattern
6.6 The Observer Pattern
6.7 The Delegation Pattern
6.8 The Adapter Pattern
6.9 The Facade Pattern
6.10 The Immutable Pattern
6.11 The Read-Only Interface Pattern
6.12 The Proxy Pattern
6.13 Detailed Example: The Observable Layer of OCSF
6.14 Difficulties and Risks When Using Design Patterns

7. Focusing on Users and Their Tasks
7.1 User Centred Design
7.2 Characteristics of Users
7.3 Developing Use Case Models of Systems
7.4 The Basics of User Interface Design
7.5 Usability Principles
7.6 Evaluating User Interfaces
7.7 Implementing a Simple GUI in Java
7.8 Difficulties and Risks in Use Case Modelling and UI Design

8. Modelling Interactions and Behaviour
8.1 Interaction Diagrams
8.2 State Diagrams
8.3 Activity Diagrams
8.4 Difficulties and Risks in Modelling Interactions and Behaviour

9. Architecting and Designing Software
9.1 The Process of Design
9.2 Principles Leading to Good Design
9.3 Techniques for Making Good Design Decisions
9.4 Software Architecture
9.5 Architectural Patterns
9.6 Writing a Good Design Document
9.7 Detailed Example: Design of a Feature for The SimpleChat Instant
Messaging Application
9.8 Difficulties and Risks in Design

10. Testing and Inspecting to Ensure High Quality
10.1 Basic Definitions
10.2 Effective and Efficient Testing
10.3 Defects in Ordinary Algorithms
10.4 Defects in Numerical Algorithms
10.5 Defects in Timing and Co-Ordination: Deadlock, Livelocks and Critical Races
10.6 Defects in Handling Stress and Unusual Situations
10.7 Documentation Defects
10.8 Writing Formal Test Cases and Test Plans
10.9 Strategies for Testing Large Systems
10.10 Inspections
10.11 Quality Assurance in General
10.12 Detailed Example: Testcases for Phase 2 of the SimpleChat Instant Messaging System
10.13 Difficulties and Risks in Quality Assurance

11. Managing the Software Process
11.1 What is Project Management?
11.2 Software Process Models
11.3 Cost Estimation
11.4 Building Software Engineering Teams
11.5 Project Scheduling and Tracking
11.6 Contents of a Project Plan
11.6 Difficulties and Risks in Project Management

12. Review
12.1 Understanding the Customer and User
12.2 Basing Development on Solid Principles and Reusable Technology
12.3 Object Orientation
12.4 Visual Modelling Using UML
12.5 Evaluation of Alternatives in Requirements and Design
12.6 Iterative Development
12.7 Communicating Effectively Using Documentation
12.8 Risk Management in All Software Engineering Activities
12.9 Where Next?

Appendix A: Summary of UML Notation Used in his Book
Appendix B: Summary of the Documentation Types Recommended in This Book
Appendix C: System Descriptions

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