Books in the The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Software Engineering and Programming series

Whatever your programming language, whatever your platform, you probably tap into linker and loader functions. This book deals with these deep-seated compile-time and run-time processes. It begins with a comparative account of linking and loading that illustrates the differences among various compilers and operating systems.

A guide that focuses on the Tcl extensions. It covers the variety of tools in this Swiss army knife of programming languages, giving you the ability to enhance your programs, extend your application's capabilities, and become a more effective programmer.

Provides a practical introduction to unit testing for software developers. This book introduces the basic test-first approach and then discusses a large number of special issues and problem cases. It shows how the discovery and avoidance of software errors is a creative activity in its own right and can build confidence early in a project.

Describes methods and techniques for the design of software systems - particularly reactive software systems that engage in stimulus-response behavior. This work helps the software designer meet the challenges by presenting specification techniques and guidelines - allowing the designer to evaluate different techniques for different projects.

XML Schema is a language standard from the W3C and a foundation for defining data in Web-based systems. This book provides an understanding of Schemas, from the basic concepts, type systems, type derivation, inheritance, namespace handling, through advanced concepts in schema design. It also reviews basic XML syntax and the Schema recommendation.

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a third generation method for specifying, visualizing, and documenting an object-oriented system under development. This book provides an introduction to UML, overview of this powerful design notation, and teaches Java programmers to analyse and design object-oriented applications using the UML notation.

XML is increasingly used as the format for corporate data, especially in Business-to-business transactions, as well as in knowledge and document management. This text explores XML architecture and explains how it also serves as a flexible format in virtually all sectors of information processing.