Software Engineering on Sun Workstations®, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993

Software Engineering on Sun Workstations is the most comprehensive volume of technical information about software development available for the Sun Workstation. This book is of great interest to both large and small-scale software developers in all sectors of commercial, scientific and technical applications programming. This book presents an in-depth look at Computer Assisted Software Engineering (CASE) and CASE tools, an important element in building large-scale commercial computer applications and state-of-the-art programs. Topics explored in the book include: ToolTalk interapplication message service; SPAR-Compiler technology; SPARCWorks programming environment; integrating third party applications with SPARCWorks; using DEVGuide to build open windows user interfaces; and integrating X11 applications with the open windows desktop. All Sun Workstation users are potential buyers of this book. More specific users include software developers and computer programmers working on the Sun system, as well as Unix "derivative" developers. Also applicable to users considering switching to a Unix-based system, as the Sun Workstation is true state-of-the-art computing and is the most widely used workstation computing environment in the world.

1 ToolTalk® Overview.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 General Application Requirements.- 1.3 Message Patterns.- 1.4 Sending Messages.- 1.5 Receiving Messages.- 1.6 Objects.- 1.7 ToolTalk API.- 2 SPARCompiler™ Compilation Technology.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 SPARCompiler Family Overview.- 2.3 C, C++, FORTRAN and Pascal.- 2.4 Ada.- 2.5 Sun Common Lisp™.- 2.6 Sun COBOL™.- 2.7 References.- 2.A Appendix A—Optimization Definitions.- 3 The SPARCworks™ Programming Environment.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 SPARCworks Manager.- 3.3 Source Browser.- 3.4 Debugger.- 3.5 Using SourceBrowser with Debugger.- 3.6 Analyzer.- 3.7 File Merge.- 3.8 Make Tool.- 3.9 Conclusion.- 4 Integrating Development Tools with SPARCworks.- 4.1 SPARCworks Tool Integration.- 4.2 SPARCworks Manager.- 4.3 Integrating Development Tools with the ToolTalk Service.- 4.4 SPARCworks Manager and dbx Protocols.- 5 Devguide—The Open Windows G.U.I. Builder.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Overview.- 5.3 What does Devguide do for You?.- 5.4 Choosing a Code Generator.- 5.5 Common Problems and Recommended Solutions.- 5.6 Similar Products.- 5.7 Conclusion.- 6 Integrating Applications on the Sun Desktop.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Selections.- 6.3 Drag and Drop.- 6.4 Classing Engine.- 6.A Appendix A—Drag and Drop User Interface Specification.- 6.B Appendix B—Examining a Classing Engine Database.- 6.C Appendix C—Vendor Data Type Registration.- 6.D Appendix D—DeskSet Defined ToolTalk Messages.- 6.E Appendix E—ToolTalk Example Program.