Prototyping-Oriented Software Development

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Walter R. Bischofberger, Gustav Pomberger

      Pages 1-6

3. Prototyping-Oriented Software Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Paradigms for Software Development

      • Walter R. Bischofberger, Gustav Pomberger

      Pages 8-32

   3. Concepts and Tools for Prototyping

      • Walter R. Bischofberger, Gustav Pomberger

      Pages 33-74

   4. Concepts and Tools for Exploratory Programming

      • Walter R. Bischofberger, Gustav Pomberger

      Pages 75-108

   5. Additional Aspects of Prototyping

      • Walter R. Bischofberger, Gustav Pomberger

      Pages 109-113

4. TOPOS — A Toolset for Prototyping-Oriented Software Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115

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   2. Overview of TOPOS

      • Walter R. Bischofberger, Gustav Pomberger

      Pages 116-125

   3. The TOPOS Component Management Tool (CMT)

      • Walter R. Bischofberger, Gustav Pomberger

      Pages 126-136

   4. The TOPOS User Interface Prototyping Environment DICE

      • Walter R. Bischofberger, Gustav Pomberger

      Pages 137-151

   5. The TOPOS Exploratory Programming Environment

      • Walter R. Bischofberger, Gustav Pomberger

      Pages 152-177

   6. The TOPOS Tool Integration Mechanism

      • Walter R. Bischofberger, Gustav Pomberger

      Pages 178-185

   7. How to Use TOPOS for Prototyping-Oriented Software Development

      • Walter R. Bischofberger, Gustav Pomberger

      Pages 186-194

   8. Experience with and Implications of TOPOS

      • Walter R. Bischofberger, Gustav Pomberger

      Pages 195-197

5. Back Matter

   Pages 198-218

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This book is intended for anyone who plans, designs and implements software systems, for anyone who is involved with quality assurance, and hence for anyone who is interested in the practicability of modern concepts, methods and tools in the software development process. The book aims at software engineers and at students with specialized interests in the area of software engineering. The reader is expected to be familiar with the fundamental concepts of software engineering. In writing the book, the authors tap years of experience in industrial projects and research work in the development of methods and tools that support the software development process. Perhaps now more than ever, the buzzword "software crisis" serves to alert us that software systems are often error-prone, that significant diffi­ culties arise in mastering complexity in the production of software systems, and that the acceptance and adequacy of software products is significantly lower than is the case with other technical products. The following goals have been suggested for the improvement of the software development process: • exact fulfillment of user requirements • increased reliability and robustness • greater modularity of both the development process and the product • simple and adequate operation, i. e. , better ergonomics • easy maintainability and extensibility • cost-effective portability • increased reusability of software components • reduced costs for production, operation and maintenance VI Preface Research and development work in the area of software engineering has in­ creased dramatically in recent years.

• Petri net
• design
• development
• distributed systems
• information system
• language
• programming
• programming language
• quality assurance
• software
• software architecture
• software architectures
• software development
• software engineering
• user interface

• Abt. UBILAB, Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft, Zürich, Switzerland

  Walter R. Bischofberger

• Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik und Organisationsforschung, Johannes-Kepler-Universität, Linz, Austria

  Gustav Pomberger

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