Designing highly useable software / Jeff Cogswell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cogswell, Jeffrey M., 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer software--Development.

Computer software.

Software engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco [Calif.] : SYBEX, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Learn What Usability Really Is, Why to Strive for It, and How to Achieve It ""Highly useable"" software is easy to use. It does what you expect it to. And it does it well. It's not easy to build but as this book demonstrates, it's well worth the effort. Highly useable software is highly successful software-and everyone wins.Inside, an accomplished programmer who has made usability his business systematically explores the world of programming, showing you how every aspect of the work is implicated in the usability of the final product. This is not just an ""issues"" book, however

Contents:

Designing Highly Useable Software; Acknowledgments; Contents at a Glance; Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Chapter 1: The UUI: The Useable User Interface; Chapter 2: Modeling the Real World; Chapter 3: Laying Out Your Windows and Dialog Boxes; Chapter 4: Managing Your Software's Time; Chapter 5: Highly Navigable Software; Chapter 6: Data, Reports, and Printouts; Chapter 7: Adding a Web Interface; Chapter 8: Under the Hood; Chapter 9: When Your Software Starts, Stops, or Dies a Quick Death; Chapter 10: Modularity and Libraries; Chapter 11: Object-Oriented Pontificating

Chapter 12: A Very Gross National Product: Business and Software ProblemsChapter 13: Testing, Testing, Testing; Chapter 14: Installing, Training, and Helping; Chapter 15: Book in a Book: A Guide for Programming Bosses; Appendix A: Software Design Resources; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610649747

9781280649745

1280649747

9781429410335

1429410337

9780470113189

0470113189

OCLC:

61397383