Introduction to Component Software

Version 1.0 alpha 1

Welcome

Welcome to the first alpha release of Apple's introduction to writing component software. This course will show you how the power of reusable software components can revolutionize the way you develop software and the way you deliver software solutions to your customers.

We'll describe techniques and technologies that you can use to explode giant, unmaintainable, monolithic applications into a set of reusable software components, such as OpenDoc parts and SOM shared libraries. We'll define all these terms, and show you where to get existing components. We'll also help you decide which technologies and tools you should use when creating your own new components.

Using This Course

• Use this from CD-ROM or the Web.
  
  This course is intended to be viewed from a World Wide Web browser such as the Cyberdog browser, Netscape Navigator, or Microsoft Internet Explorer. It has links to images and .html files, in addition to links to many different Web sites. If you are using this from a CD-ROM and do not have an Internet connection, you will be able to access all the images and text, but not the links to the Web. The course will work well when used in this manner, but the links to the Web will allow you to get more background information about many subjects.

Course Map

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Last modified by DAW on 11-July-96