Software Engineering, 10th Edition

7 Design and implementation

Objectives

The objectives of this chapter are to introduce object-oriented software design using the UML and highlight important implementation concerns. When you have read this chapter, you will:

• understand the most important activities in a general, object-oriented design process;

• understand some of the different models that may be used to document an object-oriented design;

• know about the idea of design patterns and how these are a way of reusing design knowledge and experience;

• have been introduced to key issues that have to be considered when implementing software, including software reuse and open-source development.

Contents

1. 7.1 Object-oriented design using the UML

2. 7.2 Design patterns

3. 7.3 Implementation ...