Daniel Jackson
The Essence of Software: Why Concepts Matter for Great Design
The Essence of Software: Why Concepts Matter for Great Design
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The Essence of Software is a revolutionary concept-based approach to thinking about, designing, and interacting with software that provides a practical and coherent path for making software that is empowering, dependable, and a delight to use. It explores concepts, identifies them, defines them, and offers prescriptive principles and practical tips that can be applied cost-effectively in a wide range of domains.
Format: Hardback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 16 November 2021
Publisher: Princeton University Press
The design of software has become increasingly important as our reliance on technology grows. However, a significant amount of software is flawed, and there is a need for a systematic and scalable approach to creating software that is easy to use, robust, and secure. In his book, "The Essence of Software," Daniel Jackson introduces a revolutionary concept-based approach to thinking about, designing, and interacting with software. He views a software system as a collection of interacting concepts, breaking down functionality into manageable parts and providing a new framework for designing software.
Jackson explores the nature of concepts, how to identify and define them, and offers practical principles and tips for applying them in a wide range of domains. He provides examples from leading software manufacturers such as Adobe, Apple, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, and others, demonstrating how concepts can be used to preserve and reuse design knowledge, rather than starting from scratch in every project.
"The Essence of Software" challenges the status quo project and provides a guide to improvement for both working designers and novices to the field. It offers a fresh approach to software and its creation, helping to ensure that software is designed with the user in mind and that it meets the needs of users in a rapidly changing technological landscape.
Weight: 718g
Dimension: 165 x 244 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780691225388
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