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Informatik-Kolloquium
Prof.Dr. Mehdi Jazayeri
Component Programming-
a fresh look at software components
Component Programming-
a fresh look at software components
All engineering disciplines rely on standard components to design and build artifacts.
The key technical challenge in software engineering is to enable the adoption of
such a model to the development of software.
The transformation from line-by-line development to component-based development
will address many of the industry's productivity and quality problems. Indeed,
component-based software development has been a long-standing dream of the
software industry, prompting a search for both technical and nontechnical solutions.
A successful approach to component-based development requires a comprehensive
solution that draws on advances in programming languages, programming
paradigms, algorithm analysis, and software design. The technical problem can only
be addressed by such an integrated solution.
In this talk, I present such an approach based on the C++ Standard Template
Library. More than a traditional library, STL embodies a concrete approach to
software design based on a well-defined taxonomy and theory of software
components. I present the fundamental contributions of STL to a paradigm of
component programming - a component-based software development paradigm in
which there is a clear separation between component development and application
development. I motivate component programming, give the requirements for
components and catalogs, and give an example of component programming applied
to the standard Keyword in Context (KWIC) problem. I conclude with a discussion of
the implications of component programming for the software industry and for
software engineering education.
Referent: Prof.Dr. Mehdi Jazayeri
Technische Universität Wien
Zeitpunkt: Freitag, 27. Jänner 1995, 14.00 Uhr c.t.
Ort: HS 3 der Universität Klagenfurt
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