Developing Business Applications with OpenStep(tm)

OpenStep is the software development environment co-developed by Sun and Next Computers. This book provides the first introduction to OpenStep and how it is used to build business applications for Next, Sun, and Windows NT systems. As well as covering the basics, it covers WebObjects (for developing world wide web applications) and the Enterprise Objects framework for developing database applications. No serious OpenStep developer will want to be without this book. OpenStep is a landmark development. It brings together many of the features software developers have been seeking in a software development environment: true object orientation, open systems architecture, interoperability, robust class libraries, and the ability to separate the user interface from business logic in a way that allows applications to be deployed on multiple platforms, and over the World Wide Web. This book is an in-depth introduction to OpenStep and its use in developing business applications. The authors are experienced OpenStep developers and bring to the book the understanding that the process of object-oriented development is just as important as understanding the technology of object-oriented development. As a result, every potential OpenStep developer will find much of interest in this book. Front Matter....Pages i-xx Front Matter....Pages 1-1 What Is OpenStep?....Pages 3-14 The Object Model....Pages 15-34 The Foundation Framework....Pages 35-51 The Application Kit....Pages 53-71 NeXT’s OPENSTEP for Windows NT....Pages 73-84 SunSoft’s Solaris OpenStep....Pages 85-97 Building an Application....Pages 99-121 Front Matter....Pages 123-123 The Character of a Business Application....Pages 125-132 Distributed Applications....Pages 133-161 Database Applications....Pages 163-196 World Wide Web Applications....Pages 197-207 Front Matter....Pages 209-209 Development Topics....Pages 211-212 Project Management and the Development Life Cycle....Pages 213-229 Portability....Pages 231-236 Testing and Debugging....Pages 237-243 Performance....Pages 245-251 Back Matter....Pages 253-289 OpenStep is actually three things in one, a characteristic it inherited from its parent, NextStep.