Computer Aided Software Engineering: Using Software Development Tools (Wiley Professional Computing) - Softcover

As software development becomes more complicated, the need for CASE (Computer-Aided Software Engineering) is more pressing than ever before. Totally updated and revised, this new edition of Alan Fisher's overview of CASE now covers the complete software development cycle, not just the design phase. It is filled with practical examples which will provide the reader with the ability to fully exploit CASE tools when managing large and complex software projects. An important feature is the inclusion of PC-based CASE tools. Topics discussed include the advantages of object-oriented design, commercially available object-oriented design tools, how to restructure large amounts of code in a clean and maintainable fashion through re-engineering, commercially available re-engineering tools, and recent developments in integrating CASE and design repositories. An appendix with updated tool profiles reflects recent product upgrades.