Constructing the user interface with Statecharts

• Written quickly and easily
  
• Tested using white box techniques
  
• Repeatedly enhanced over the lifetime of a system
  
• Modified with a minimal risk of introducing unwanted side-effects
  
• Regression tested without the need for full re-tests

This book provides a practical guide to constructing real user interfaces for real projects. It is primarily written for practicing software engineers, but will also be invaluable to students wishing to gain an insight into user interface construction.

Table of contents :

Preface ..... ix

Part 1: Concepts ..... 1

Chapter 1: Introduction ..... 3

Chapter 2: User Interface Construction ..... 9

Chapter 3: A Bottom-Up Approach to User Interface Construction ..... 17

Chapter 4: The User Interface-Control-Model Architecture ..... 26

Chapter 5: A Design Notation for Control Layer Objects ..... 31

Part 2: User Interface Software Design ..... 59

Chapter 6: The Statechart Notation ..... 61

Chapter 7: The Pragmatics of the Statechart Notation ..... 79

Chapter 8: Standard Design Techniques ..... 85

Chapter 9: Design Heuristics and Design Tests ..... 95

Part 3: Case Studies ..... 113

Chapter 10: Case Study 1: A Calculator ..... 115

Chapter 11: Case Study 2: A Fault Reporting Application ..... 123

Chapter 12: Case Study 3: A Student Database ..... 145

Part 4: Coding, Testing, and Evaluation ..... 173

Chapter 13: Coding a Statechart ..... 175

Chapter 14: Testing Statecharts ..... 189

Chapter 15: Evaluation ..... 199

Appendix A: Errors in the Calculator Application in Chapter 3 ..... 211

Appendix B: The Calculator ..... 215

Appendix C: The CD Player ..... 220

Appendix D: Case Study 2: A Fault Reporting Application ..... 224

Appendix E: Case Study 3: A Student Database ..... 236

References ..... 250

Index ..... 251