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In this book, Smalltalk pioneer and guru, Kent Beck, weaves together a collection of his "landmark" articles from leading IT trade journals--The Smalltalk Report, JOOP, and Object Magazine. Written for Smalltalk programmers, this book is designed to help readers become more effective Smalltalk devel... More

The support of Java Report by the pioneers of the language has always made it the source for Java development. From the very beginnings of Java, Java Report was there, examining each new aspect of the language with a clear independent eye. Now, Dwight Deugo, the editor of Java Report, has gathered t... More

Wisdom of the Gurus contains up-to-date articles by the top gurus in object technology, including Bilow, Booch, Coplien, Duffy, Jacobson, Meller, Odell, Rumbaugh, and Shlaer. The editor of this volume has culled the best and most relevant articles from JOOP, Object Magazine, C++ Report, ROAD, and Th... More

More Java Gems presents the best articles and columns published in Java Report between 1997 and 1999. Dwight Deugo, Editor of Java Report, has carefully selected each article to be independent of any specific version of Java. The material relies mainly on those classes now part of the standard Java ... More

The framework for the Object-oriented Process, Environment and Notation, (OPEN), process consists of interconnecting activities, which are represented as objects whose methods are the tasks needing to be accomplished.... More

The author provides concise but in-depth pieces on structural issues, dynamic issues, business rules, object complexity, object aggregation, design templates, and the process of objects.... More

Ivar Jacobson is one of the most important figures in the software development industry. Together with his colleagues Grady Booch and James Rumbaugh, he has been pivotal to the creation of the Unified Modeling Language and Rational's Unified Software Development Process. In this book, Stefan Bylund ... More

Dictionary of Object Technology: The Definitive Desk Reference is the only reference of its kind dedicated to the terminology used in the object technology field. With over 3,000 main entries and over 600 pages, this long-awaited and much needed dictionary is cross-referenced by major components and... More

This definitive compendium of design patterns in communication software, gathered together by Linda Rising, includes contributions by James O. Coplien, Douglas C. Schmidt, Robert Hanmer, Greg Utas, Just van den Broecke, Don Olson, Carlos O'Ryan, Christopher D. Gill, and other experts from the patter... More

Ancient knowledge for today's business professional is revised with a new Introduction.Success is an art form that few can master. Here, Sun Tzu's ancient principles of war, reinterpreted for the modern businessperson, offer the skills to gain an advantage and achieve success on the corporate battle... More