Table of Contents

The Concepts: Introduction. Representing the World with Objects. Object-Oriented Analysis. Introduction to Object-Oriented Design for Smalltalk-80. The Tools: Object-Oriented Languages. Introduction to the ST-80 Environment. User Interface Design. Tools for Building Applications: The Model-View-Controller Paradigm and View Components. Applications in Engineering: Relating Engineering Problems to Object-Oriented Methodologies. Constraint Methods. Representing and Using Engineering Knowledge. Integrating Object-based Environments with the Real World. Building an Application: Concepts in Rapid Prototyping. Engineering Simulation Methodologies and Simulation Frameworks. Conclusions.