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A '''software component''' is a modular unit of [[software]] that [[Encapsulation (computer programming)|encapsulates]] specific functionality.<ref name="pandey">{{cite web |last1=Pandey |first1=Pankaj |date=11 July 2023 |title=Tutorial notes: Software Components and Connectors |url=https://medium.com/@publicapplicationcenter/tutorial-notes-software-components-and-connectors-a425bfd984df |website=medium.com |access-date=14 May 2024}}</ref |
A '''software component''' is a modular unit of [[software]] that [[Encapsulation (computer programming)|encapsulates]] specific functionality.<ref name="pandey">{{cite web |last1=Pandey |first1=Pankaj |date=11 July 2023 |title=Tutorial notes: Software Components and Connectors |url=https://medium.com/@publicapplicationcenter/tutorial-notes-software-components-and-connectors-a425bfd984df |website=medium.com |access-date=14 May 2024}}</ref> |
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There are different types of components that |
There are different types of components that used to construct [[software system]]s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yadav |first1=Sunny |date=16 April 2024 |title=Types of Software Components — With Examples |url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/types-software-components-examples-sunny-yadav-ducaf |website=[[LinkedIn]] |access-date=14 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Spacey |first1=John |date=6 October 2023 |title=7 Examples of Software Components |url=https://simplicable.com/IT/software-components |website=simplicable.com |access-date=14 May 2024}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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}}</ref> He attempted to create an infrastructure and market for reusable third-party components by inventing the [[Objective-C]] programming language.<ref>{{cite book |author=[[Brad Cox]] |title=Object Oriented Programming: An Evolutionary Approach | publisher=Addison Wesley | year=1991 | isbn=0-201-54834-8}}</ref> |
}}</ref> He attempted to create an infrastructure and market for reusable third-party components by inventing the [[Objective-C]] programming language.<ref>{{cite book |author=[[Brad Cox]] |title=Object Oriented Programming: An Evolutionary Approach | publisher=Addison Wesley | year=1991 | isbn=0-201-54834-8}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[Component-based software engineering]] |
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Revision as of 18:48, 14 May 2024
A software component is a modular unit of software that encapsulates specific functionality.[1]
There are different types of components that can be used to construct software systems.[2][3] Component-based development encourages prudent component design to help manage complexity, with the benefits of reusability, maintainability, and separation of concerns.[1]
History
The idea of reusable software components was promoted by Douglas McIlroy in his presentation at the NATO Software Engineering Conference of 1968.[4] (One goal of that conference was to resolve the so-called software crisis of the time.) In the 1970s, McIlroy put this idea into practice with the addition of the pipeline feature to the Unix operating system.
Brad Cox refined the concept of a software component in the 1980s.[5] He attempted to create an infrastructure and market for reusable third-party components by inventing the Objective-C programming language.[6]
References
- ^ a b Pandey, Pankaj (11 July 2023). "Tutorial notes: Software Components and Connectors". medium.com. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ Yadav, Sunny (16 April 2024). "Types of Software Components — With Examples". LinkedIn. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ Spacey, John (6 October 2023). "7 Examples of Software Components". simplicable.com. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ McIlroy, Malcolm Douglas (January 1969). "Mass produced software components" (PDF). Software Engineering: Report of a conference sponsored by the NATO Science Committee, Garmisch, Germany, 7-11 Oct. 1968. Scientific Affairs Division, NATO. p. 79.
- ^ Rainer Niekamp. "Software Component Architecture" (PDF). Gestión de Congresos - CIMNE/Institute for Scientific Computing, TU Braunschweig. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
The modern concept of a software component largely defined by Brad Cox of Stepstone, => Objective-C programming language
- ^ Brad Cox (1991). Object Oriented Programming: An Evolutionary Approach. Addison Wesley. ISBN 0-201-54834-8.