Software components-a scalable solution to platform independent software development for commercial applications

Author

Donzelli, Douglas E. ; Greening, Dan R.

Author_Institution

Software Transformation Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

24-28 Feb. 1992

Firstpage

475

Lastpage

484

Abstract

The Universal Component System (UCS), a platform-independent application development system targeted for large-scale, commercial applications, is discussed. UCS runs on several platforms, including Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, Unix/Motif, and Open-look. UCS addresses three major aspects of application portability: user interface, system services, and connectivity. UCS uniquely addresses traditional functionality-performance design tradeoffs by providing an architecture scalable to application developers´ needs. The authors describe the design philosophy of UCS, and contrast it with other approaches. They highlight several unique aspects of the system, illustrating how their goals influenced the design of specific UCS components.<>

Keywords

programming environments; software portability; software reusability; Macintosh; Microsoft Windows; Open-look; UCS; Universal Component System; Unix/Motif; commercial applications; connectivity; functionality-performance design tradeoffs; platform independent software development; software components; system services; user interface; Application software; Computer architecture; Contracts; Graphical user interfaces; Joining processes; Keyboards; Large-scale systems; Printing; Programming; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Compcon Spring '92. Thirty-Seventh IEEE Computer Society International Conference, Digest of Papers.

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2655-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPCON.1992.186759

Filename

186759