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The author describes his book as a “unique blend of market and technology coverage, broad and fair coverage of current technologies and a deep discussion of real problems with their solutions where known”. The first edition won the “Jolt Award” became the leading book on the market to combine explanations of what the key technologies are, how to use them and why they are important in the software market-place, and look at these in terms of both the technical and bu… More >>
Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming
Tags: Beyond, Component, ObjectOriented, Programming, Software
#1 by Forwhatitsworth on June 11, 2010 - 6:57 pm
The man is a genius. Anyone who didn’t give this a five star rating simply didn’t get it. This book is a must read, put it on your book shelf between Design Patterns and The Miracle Man Month.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by MR DAVID C ROWLINSON on June 11, 2010 - 7:14 pm
Clemens Szyperski’s ability to describe and explain complex systems is almost unparalleled in software literature. If you need to understand software componentry, you must read this book.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Anonymous on June 11, 2010 - 9:55 pm
I got this book by almost by accident waiting for one of those Japanesse Fish barns to open.
It explained many of the issues that occur in OO development – problems with extreme re-use – fragile base class problem, “changing the way you do business” and many others. I actually found these non-component chapters in some ways more useful than the others.
Then went on to discuss components in a very concrete and thorough way. It gives enough info in order to make a real judgement on whether to embrace components or not.
I would buy it again for either of the two reasons.
Rating: 3 / 5
#4 by Mandar Joshi on June 11, 2010 - 10:41 pm
Very well written and informative. I ‘ve read a few book that tend to be either very verbose or written for novices. This one hits the spot.
The best part is that reading this book makes you think.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by Dr Noodle on June 12, 2010 - 12:05 am
If you are wondering what a component is – READ THIS BOOK! It gives you an excellent foundation of components and component technologies irrespective of any particular implementation or commercial product. It will allow you to distinguish between component systems and those that are not. C. J. Date’s book on the definition and properties of relational database systems was a landmark book. This book does the same for component technologies. Get smarter – get this book. Totally Awesome!
Rating: 5 / 5