Component Software Series

The authors cover the C# language as well as the major parts of the Microsoft .NET framework, namely the Common Language Runtime (CLR), the .NET class library, ADO.NET (ActiveX Data Objects), ASP.NET (Active Server Pages), Web Services as well as the most important tools under .NET.

With the advent of new enabling technologies, the need for the information put forth in this new edition is greater than ever. Component Software, Second Edition explains what the key software component technologies are, how to use them properly, and why they are important to a development organization. Furthermore, the author presents this material in terms of both the technical and business issues involved with the adoption of component-based software engineering. The book defines components and clarifies the key questions surrounding them, demonstrating how components can be the key to successful software design and construction.

This book aims to introduce the key principles of CBD that need to be understood in order to adopt a component-based model of software systems development, and to explain the benefits of adopting such an approach for an organization.

A cutting-edge, UML-based approach to software development and maintenance that integrates component-based and product-line engineering methods.