Object-Oriented Engineering: Building Engineering Systems Usig Smalltalk-80

by Bourne

• ISBN13: 9780256112108
• ISBN10: 025611210X
• Edition: 1st
• Copyright: 1992-05-19
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

This book provides an introduction to the understanding and use of object-oriented methodologies for engineering problem solving with a specific emphasis on analysis and design. (Object-oriented programming is a general computer language methodology. The name comes from the focus on describing problems in terms of objects, both physical and conceptual).

Table of Contents

Preface
The Concepts	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
Representing the World with Objects	p. 19
Object-Oriented Analysis	p. 45
Introduction to Object-Oriented Design for Smalltalk-80	p. 69
The Tools	p. 85
Object-Oriented Languages	p. 87
Introduction to the ST-80 Environment	p. 109
User Interface Design	p. 133
Tools for Building Applications: The Model-View-Controller Paradigm and View Components	p. 175
Applications in Engineering	p. 217
Relating Engineering Problems to Object-Oriented Methodologies	p. 219
Constraint Methods	p. 255
Representing and Using Engineering Knowledge	p. 283
Integrating Object-Based Environments with the Real World	p. 315
Building an Application: Concepts in Rapid Prototyping	p. 345
Engineering Simulation Methodologies and Simulation Frameworks	p. 381
Conclusions	p. 409
Appendix	p. 417
Index	p. 419
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