Composing Software Components A Software-testing Perspective /

• Main Author: Hamlet, Dick. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Operating systems (Computers).; Computer network architectures.; Software engineering.; Electronic data processing.; Computer aided design.; Computer Science.; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design.; Models and Principles.; Performance and Reliability.; Computer System Implementation.; Computing Methodologies.; Software Engineering.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7148-7

Software components and component-based software development (CBSD) are acknowledged as the best approach for constructing quality software at reasonable cost. Composing Software Components: A Software-testing Perspective describes a 10-year investigation into the underlying principles of CBSD. By r...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I Components and Component-based Development
• Engineering, Components, and Software
• Software Components and Component-based Development
• CBSD in Practice and Theory
• Part II Software Testing: Practice and Theory
• Software Testings Place in Development
• Software Testing Theory
• Subdomain Testing
• Part III Composition of Components
• Subdomain Theory of Stateless Component Composition
• Tutorial Example  SYN Tools for Stateless Components
• Persistent State
• Concurrent Execution
• The Other Non-functional Property: Reliability
• Part IV Supporting Tools
• CBSD Support Tools
• Tool Implementation
• Debugging Components, Component-based Systems, and Support Tools
• Unfinished Business: Volunteer Tool Makers
• Part V Case Studies
• Accuracy of Component Measurements and System Predictions
• Case Studies of I-CBSD
• Part VI Implications for Software Testing Unit vs. System Testing
• Functional vs. Non-functional Properties
• Conclusion: Lessons Learned from I-CBSD
• Open Problems
• Appendix
• Index.