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Software Engineering (7th Edition) (International Computer Science Series)
Product Description Software Engineering presents a broad perspective on software systems engineering, concentrating on widely used techniques for developing large-scale systems. The objectives of this seventh edition are to include new material on iterative software development, component-based software engineering and system architectures, to emphasize that system dependability is not an add-on but should be considered at all stages of the software process, and not to increase the size of the book significantly. To this end the book has been restructured into 6 parts, removing the separate section on evolution as the distinction between development and evolution can be seen as artificial. New chapters have been added on: Socio-technical Systems ¿ discussing the context of software in a broader system composed of other hardware and software, people, organisations, policies, procedures and laws. Application System Architectures ¿ to teach students the general structure of application systems such as transaction systems, information systems and embedded control systems. The chapter covers 6 common system architectures with an architectural overview and discussion of the characteristics of these types of system. Iterative software Development ¿ looking at prototyping and adding new material on agile methods and extreme programming. Component-based software Engineering ¿ introducing the notion of a component, component composition and component frameworks and covering design with reuse. Software Evolution ¿ revising the presentation of the 6th edition to cover re-engineering and software change in a single chapter. The book supports students taking undergraduate or graduate courses in software engineering, and software engineers in industry needing to update their knowledge. Reader Reviews Concise is the best word to describe it. Software Engineering covers a broad range of topics - what are software engineers, documentation, designing, architecture (types and methods) - this book is pretty much my bible on all things software engineering. Here are some of my recommendations: Professors: This book is best accompanied if you assign a semester long project. My prof did this and it placed the book into a different light. Half the things don't make sense if you simply read the book such as Data Flow Models or even Project Management, but when you assign a project and coincide the project with the material in the book, it's 100 times more helpful and it elucidates the material more and more. Students: This book covers a lot, so get ready to learn new terms and methods. This book covers Project Management, which helped me out alot. For the most part, it gives you good material on how to write good documentation as well as methods and styles for how to design or architect software. Read, read, read is the best advice I can give you. Overall, Amazon's ratings go only as far as 5 stars, I'd give this book a 10. It's a keeper in my library and a book that I'll be referencing for years to come. Comment | | (Report this)
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