by Mark Coats and Terry Mellon
Complementing existing methodologies, Mark and Terry propose an operational specification that can be translated into most existing system-development methodologies.
by Kanchan Kumar
The methodology Kanchan presents here consists of a language-independent abstraction model and a rule-based implementation model for C++ programmers.
by Phil Herold and Carla Merill
Helplus is a client-server hypertext help application modeled on the Microsoft Windows help system. Here, our authors describe the help compiler, help viewer, and server program.
by Dan Ford
Dan presents a powerful, multithreaded architecture that can be used by almost any application. Implemented in C++, this class library lets you quickly create and control threads.
by John Rodley
With the advent of UnixWare 2.0, threads have made their way to the UNIX desktop. John describes how threads are implemented and how you can take advantage of them.
by Doron Drusinsky
Doron describes how design tools that incorporate object-oriented inheritance and extended state diagrams (the visual counterpart of finite state machines) can be used to build control systems.
by Andrew Davison
HTML forms--which allow World Wide Web documents to include text-entry fields, radio boxes, selection lists, check boxes, and buttons--transform HTML from a hypertext page-description language into a tool for creating interactive documents. Andrew details the steps in writing forms-based applications.
by Jeffrey L. Armbruster
To examine CASE tools such as Paradigm Plus 2.0, Select OMT, and Together C++, Jeffrey designs an application that collects pricing information in grocery stores.
by Herb Isenberg
Today's application-development environments demand testing systems that can quickly adapt to new situations. Herb presents an automated, flexible testing system built around AutoTester, an off-the-shelf automated testing and verification tool that runs on a variety of platforms.
by Michael Swaine
Douglas Hofstadter's recently published Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies may change the direction of AI research.
by Al Stevens
Al continues his discussion of IMail, a C++ communications program for sending and receiving electronic mail through a modem connected to an Internet site.
edited by Bruce Schneier
Sound is surprisingly difficult to compress. It is much more subtle than video compression and less obvious than text. Kyle York examines lossy-compression techniques that have been optimized for sound.
by Reginald B. Charney
Software Development with Z, by J.B. Wordsworth, uses the Z specification language to examine formal methods of software development.
by Jonathan Erickson
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by Michael Swaine
by Monica E. Berg
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