Department information

Component-Based Development (CBD), 2006

Course Organization

This course starts from the needs that led to Component-Based Development, visits briefly the evolution of software development and then focuses on the essentials of CBD. To consolidate the CBD theory, a number of widely used component models are presented followed by a detailed example of their use. After that, a series of exercises guide the students in a step-wise application of the theory and the principles they have been taught so far. A summary of the course organization is given in the following list.

The Evolution of Software Development

• Client/Server, N-tier, Service-oriented solutions.
• From procedures to modules, to objects, to components: the endless quest for software reuse.

CBD Fundamentals

• Components & Objects, Components & Distributed Systems, Elements of Components.
• Component Interfaces, Component Architectures, Component Specification, CBD Lifecycle.

CBD Insights

• Services, Packaging Services, Assembling Components.
• Component Infrastructure, Middleware for Component-Based Software, Framework Support for CBD.

Component Models

• The CORBA Component Model.
• Enterprise JavaBeans.
• Web services.

Detailed Example of CBD Modeling

• Component Architecture Design.
• Component Development

Exercises

• 2 Exercises (Homework) for the theoretical part
• 4 Exercises (Homework) for the practical part

Course Calendar

Additional Material

• The CORBA (account) example
• The EJB (calculator) example