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Specification case studies in RAISE
Van H., George C., Janowski T., Moore R., Springer-Verlag, London, UK, 2002. 405 pp. Type: Book (9781852333591)
Conventional wisdom holds that formal methods are useful for verifying the correctness of safety-critical software. Some recent experience, though, suggests that formal methods may be applicable in many software domains, and across al...
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Software engineering processes: principles and applications
Wang Y., King G., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 2000. 708 pp. Type: Book (9780849323669)
In the past two decades, software engineering professionals have assigned increasing importance to the definition, improvement, and maturity of software processes. As a result, a number of influential standard process models have appea...
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The pragmatic programmer
Hunt A., Thomas D., Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., Boston, MA, 1999. Type: Book (9780201616224)
Most books about software development practices take a process and management viewpoint. They often deal with design (or, to be trendy, architecture) as an important subject but omit programming as an exercise for technicians. This boo...
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Dec 1 1999 |
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Software project management
Royce W., Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., Boston, MA, 1998. Type: Book (9780201309584)
In the annals of software engineering classics, few have been more influential than Winston Royce’s 1970 presentation, “Managing the Development of Large Software Systems: Concepts and Techniques” [1]. Rea...
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Jul 1 1999 |
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AntiPatterns
Brown W., Malveau R., Hays W. I., Mowbray T., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, 1998. Type: Book (9780471197133)
As a colleague recently commented to me, “In this business, it’s not hard to write a book about bad practices.” So perhaps it is not surprising when a book about bad practices turns out to be self-referent...
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Feb 1 1999 |
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Software reuse
Jacobson I. (ed), Griss M., Jonsson P., ACM Press/Addison-Wesley Publ. Co., New York, NY, 1997. Type: Book (9780201924763)
Of all the books I have reviewed, this is, perhaps, the most requested by my colleagues. Each of the authors is respected in the field and can claim significant achievements spanning the broad variety of topics covered in the book. Exp...
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Jun 1 1998 |
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Ada 95
English J., Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1997. Type: Book (9780132303507)
In designing a book for beginners learning their first programming language, the author has chosen to write of the craft of programming, as distinct from the art or the science of programming. (Oddly, “engineering” ...
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Dec 1 1997 |
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Framing software reuse
Bassett P., Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1997. Type: Book (9780133278590)
Most of the great advances in software construction have been the result of theoretical insights reduced to practical guidance. Examples include structured programming, information hiding, structured design, strong typing, and relation...
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Apr 1 1997 |
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Object solutions
Booch G., Addison Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., Redwood City, CA, 1995. Type: Book (9780805305944)
Having achieved notable recognition writing about object-oriented development methodology, Booch tries his pen at explaining how to manage an object-oriented project. This book is intended to address the issues of management “...
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Dec 1 1996 |
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Software standardization--how the Object Management Group changed the model
Stone C. StandardView 3(3): 85-89, 1995. Type: Article
Stone has credentials for describing change in software standardization. The perceived success of his Object Management Group (OMG) challenges traditional standards organizations to reassess their practices for coping with rapidly evol...
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Nov 1 1996 |
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