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 Glossary