Advances in Computers: Software Development Volume 74 Contributor(s): Zelkowitz, Marvin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0123744261 ISBN-13: 9780123744265 Publisher: Academic Press OUR PRICE: $202.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: This is volume 74 of Advances in Computers, subtitled "Recent advances in software development." This series, which began in 1960, is the oldest continuously published series of books that has chronicled the ever changing landscape of information technology. Each year three volumes are published, each presenting five to seven chapters describing the latest technology in the use of computers today. In this current volume, we present six chapters that give an update on some of the major issues affecting the development of software today.The six chapters in this volume can be divided into two general categories. The first three deal with the increasing importance of security in the software we write and provide insights into how to increase that security. The three latter chapters look at software development as a whole and provide guidelines in how best to make certain decisions on a project-level basis. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Computers | Computer Science - Computers | Programming - General - Computers | Software Development & Engineering - General |
Dewey: 604 |
Series: Advances in Computers |
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.36 lbs) 336 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This is volume 74 of Advances in Computers, subtitled "Recent advances in software development." This series, which began in 1960, is the oldest continuously published series of books that has chronicled the ever- changing landscape of information technology. Each year three volumes are published, each presenting five to seven chapters describing the latest technology in the use of computers today. In this current volume, we present six chapters that give an update on some of the major issues affecting the development of software today. The six chapters in this volume can be divided into two general categories. The first three deal with the increasing importance of security in the software we write and provide insights into how to increase that security. The three latter chapters look at software development as a whole and provide guidelines in how best to make certain decisions on a project-level basis. The book series is a valuable addition to university courses that emphasize the topics under discussion in that particular volume as well as belonging on the bookshelf of industrial practitioners who need to implement many of the technologies that are described. |