Developing Object-Oriented Software for the Macintosh

By: Neal Goldstein

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Based on Neal Goldstein's widely acclaimed Object-Oriented Design and C++ seminars at Apple Computer, Inc., Developing Object-Oriented Software for the Macintosh takes Macintosh software developers step by step through the object-oriented software development process. This is the first book to deal with the complete process of developing object-oriented software, from analysis through design and programming. Programmers, systems analysts, managers,and anyone concerned with Macintosh software development will benefit from the concepts and methodology of this practical, hands-on guide.
The book first covers the basics of creating object-oriented software, focusing on the essential concepts and principles. It then presents the author's acclaimed Solution Based Modeling methodology and notation for analysis, design, and programming in object-oriented development. Special attention is paid throughout to problems inherent in large-scale Macintosh development, and code examples are provided in C++ and Object Pascal.
You will also learn how to:
Design efficient, maintainable object-oriented programs
Design for portablility to other computers
Communicate object-oriented designs effectively to both programmers and non-programmers.
Control projects from initial requirements through the development process.
Developing Object-Oriented software for the Macintosh is essential reading for all Macintosh software professionals.

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Foreword
Acknowledgments
Object-Oriented Software Development for the Macintosh	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
Solution-Based Modeling for the Macintosh	p. 3
Who Should Read This Book	p. 5
How to Read This Book	p. 5
Macintosh Software Development Today	p. 6
Where Does the Money Go?	p. 7
Myths and Realities in Software Development	p. 8
Traditional Software Development for the Macintosh Is Even Worse	p. 12
Macintosh Software Development As It Should Be	p. 15
What Is a Good Model?	p. 15
Five Characteristics of a Good Methodology	p. 16
Benefits of Object-Oriented Programming	p. 18
Problems With Object-Oriented Programming	p. 20
Where Are the Methodologies?	p. 20
The Sheer Cliff Principle	p. 21
"It May Be Obvious to You, But It Isn't to Me!"	p. 21
Object-Oriented Programming Is Still Worth the Effort	p. 21
Summary	p. 22
Object-Oriented Programming: The Technologist's Perspective	p. 25
What This Chapter Is About	p. 25
Objects	p. 26
What Is An Object?	p. 26
Terminology Review	p. 31
Anthropomorphism	p. 32
Inheritance and Polymorphism	p. 33
Inheritance	p. 33
Polymorphism	p. 35
The Two Roles of Inheritance	p. 38
Multiple Inheritance	p. 38
Class Libraries	p. 42
Variations on a Theme of OOP	p. 44
Object-Oriented Programming on the Macintosh	p. 46
Summary	p. 47
The Folklore of Object-Oriented Software Development	p. 49
What This Chapter Is About	p. 49
Software and the Human Psyche	p. 50
Objectivism	p. 50
Object-Oriented Analysis, Design, and Programming	p. 51
Creating High Fidelity Software	p. 52
Discovering Objects	p. 52
Discovering Relationships	p. 54
Discovering Classes	p. 55
Objectivist Methodology	p. 57
Basic Steps	p. 58
The Comfort of the Objectivist Approach	p. 59
Program Evolution and the Four Itys	p. 59
Problems With Objectivism	p. 61
Summary	p. 62
Sample Applications (Why Aren't They Easy?)	p. 65
What This Chapter Is About	p. 65
Model Railroad Computer-Aided Design	p. 66
First Try: Lexical Analysis	p. 67
Second Try: Top-Down Analysis	p. 72
Third Try: Put It in Context	p. 73
Fourth Try: Ask an Expert	p. 74
Designing for the Macintosh and Its User Interface	p. 76
Payroll	p. 80
Current Business Model	p. 81
Systems Objectives	p. 82
First Try: Simulation	p. 83
Second Try: Shuffling Responsibilities	p. 84
Third Try: Ask an Expert	p. 86
What Are the Macintosh Documents?	p. 87
Summary	p. 89
The Way We Think	p. 91
What This Chapter Is About	p. 91
Categories	p. 92
Basic Level Categories	p. 92
Not-So-Basic Categories	p. 93
Categories and Classes Are Not the Same	p. 96
Reconciling Categories and Classes	p. 97
Schemas and Contexts	p. 97
Image-Schematic Relationships	p. 98
Propositional Relationships	p. 99
Metaphoric Relationships	p. 99
Metonymic Relationships	p. 100
The Importance of Context	p. 100
The Myth of Reusability	p. 101
The Sheer Cliff Principle Explained	p. 102
When Does the Folklore Work?	p. 102
Why the Sheer Cliff Exists	p. 103
Avoiding the Sheer Cliff: Solution-Based Modeling	p. 103
Categories and Image Schemas in Macintosh User Interfaces	p. 104
Summary	p. 108
Solution-Based Modeling for the Macintosh	p. 109
The Visual Design Language	p. 111
What This Chapter Is About	p. 111
Overview of VDL	p. 111
Visual Communication	p. 111
Escaping Flatland	p. 112
Using Image Schemas	p. 115
Constraints on the Notation	p. 115
Contents of the Models	p. 116
Examples of VDL	p. 117
Elements	p. 122
Natural World Elements	p. 122
Program Elements	p. 123
Attributes	p. 124
Responsibilities	p. 125
Relationships	p. 125
Structural Relationships	p. 125
Behavioral Relationships	p. 127
Calibration Relationships	p. 128
Same As	p. 130
Spatial Effects	p. 130
Planes and Regions	p. 130
Time Sequence	p. 131
Relative Importance	p. 131
Frames	p. 133
Scenarios	p. 133
Vertical Slicing	p. 135
Extensions	p. 136
Summary	p. 136
Solution-Based Modeling	p. 139
What This Chapter Is About	p. 139
Objectives	p. 139
Solve the Right Problem	p. 140
Create Reliable, Maintainable Programs	p. 141
Solution-Based Models	p. 141
Business Plane	p. 143
Technology Plane	p. 145
Execution Plane	p. 150
Program Plane	p. 152
Relationships	p. 153
Frames	p. 154
Scenarios	p. 155
Solution-Based Modeling	p. 159
Processes	p. 159
Project Organization	p. 163
Summary	p. 167
Analysis Part I: The Business Plane	p. 169
What This Chapter Is About	p. 169
Overview of the Analysis Phase	p. 170
Objectives	p. 170
Business Modeling	p. 171
Conceptual Design	p. 171
Design and Programming During Analysis	p. 171
Activities	p. 172
The Business Plane	p. 172
Reference Model	p. 173
Overview	p. 174
Frame	p. 174
Model	p. 178
Calibration Part I: Synthesis	p. 183
Solution Model	p. 187
Overview	p. 188
Frame	p. 189
Model	p. 195
Impact Analysis	p. 199
Existing Computer Systems	p. 201
Summary	p. 202
Analysis Part II: The Technology Plane and Beyond	p. 205
What This Chapter Is About	p. 205
Content Model	p. 206
Overview	p. 207
Content Frame	p. 207
Elements and Relationships	p. 207
Building the Content Model	p. 208
Object-Oriented Software Engineering, Part I	p. 213
Achieving Independence: An Overview	p. 214
Limiting Responsibilities	p. 215
Limiting Data Knowledge	p. 215
Limiting Implementation Knowledge	p. 216
Limiting Relationships	p. 217
Conflicts among the Limits	p. 218
Calibration, Part II: Correlation	p. 219
User Interface Model	p. 223
Overview	p. 223
User Interface Frame	p. 224
Elements and Relationships	p. 225
Building the User Interface Model	p. 231
The Environment Model	p. 232
Elements and Relationships	p. 233
Building the Environment Model	p. 233
The Execution and Program Planes During Analysis	p. 233
Prototyping	p. 234
Advance Scouting	p. 237
Completing the Analysis Phase	p. 238
How Do You Know When You Are Done?	p. 238
Estimating, Scheduling, and Planning	p. 239
Summary	p. 240
Design	p. 243
What This Chapter Is About	p. 243
Overview	p. 244
Using CPC During Design	p. 244
Program Objects vs. Conceptual Objects	p. 245
Adding Detail	p. 245
Adding New Objects	p. 246
Run-Time Objects	p. 246
How Are Objects Implemented?	p. 247
Classes vs. Abstractions	p. 251
Categories vs. Abstractions	p. 252
Building the Execution Plane	p. 253
All Regions	p. 253
Content Architecture	p. 259
User Interface Architecture	p. 261
Environment Architecture	p. 263
Dependency Management	p. 264
Basic Principles	p. 265
A Generic Scenario for Dependency Management	p. 267
Implementing Dependency Management	p. 268
Calibration, Part III: Synchronization	p. 269
Knowledge of Other Objects and Data	p. 270
Creation and Initialization	p. 271
Destruction	p. 272
Protocol	p. 273
Connectedness	p. 273
Applying Synchronization	p. 275
Managing the Design Phase	p. 275
Use of Scenarios	p. 276
Priorities	p. 276
Prototyping	p. 277
When Is the Design Phase Complete?	p. 278
Managing the Transition to Implementation	p. 278
Summary	p. 279
Programming	p. 281
What This Chapter Is About	p. 281
Overview	p. 281
Designing Class Hierarchies	p. 283
(At Least) Six Ways to Implement Abstractions	p. 284
Choosing the Best Strategy	p. 290
Object-Oriented Software Engineering Using Inheritance	p. 300
What Does a Class Inherit?	p. 301
Normal Inheritance	p. 304
Inheritance: The GOTO of the 90s?	p. 308
Programming	p. 309
Managing the Programming Phase	p. 315
Use of Scenarios	p. 315
Quality Assurance	p. 316
Use of Prototype Code	p. 316
When Is the Programming Phase Complete?	p. 316
Beyond Programming	p. 317
Summary	p. 318
Appendix: A Manual Database for Solution-Based Modeling	p. 319
Bibliography	p. 323
Index	p. 329
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