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On-line PDF chapters from Object-Oriented Software Construction

The following chapters in Acrobat PDF format are extracted from the CD included with the book (which contains all chapters in PDF). The sample of included chapters varies regularly.

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The following chapters are currently available from this page:

The preface.

The table of contents.

Chapter 1 on sofware quality.

An example of a technical chapter: Concurrency, distribution, client-server and the Internet.

An example of a methodological chapter: Using inheritance well.

ISE's own style rules, the reference for Eiffel development: A sense of style.

Some of these chapters are also available in HTML (normal Web format).