Component-Based Software Development

The rst objective of this book is to discuss about the Component-Based Software Development (CBSD) as one of the advanced methodologies with the example of an inventory management system for Herat University, in Afghanistan. The second objective examines more closely whether CBSD can be a proper approach in Afghanistan, particularly in context of Herat University Inventory Management System (HU-IMS). The focus of CBSD is to assemble the previously-existing software components to develop new and large software systems. It emphasizes on the use of O The Shelf (OTS) components instead of building a system from the scratch. The results of the book con rm that considering CBSD when designing HU-IMS can be a proper approach in the Afghanistan scenario. However, the CBSD, particularly in Afghanistan context, has its own challenges and risks as all other approaches have. Since there are not many localized libraries and repositories available, the rst challenge is to nd and select the proper component which can be di cult and time-consuming; and the second is the adaptation and localization of the found component.

Autorentext

Somaia Zabihi is a professor at software engineering department of Computer Science faculty at Herat University in Afghanistan. She finished her primary education in Iran and returned to Afghanistan in 2003. Somaia has done multiple researches and wrote her thesis in context of software engineering while receiving her master from TU Berlin, Germany