This handbook provides a unique and in-depth survey of the current state-of-the-art in software engineering, covering its major topics, the conceptual genealogy of each subfield, and discussing future research directions. Subjects include foundational areas of software engineering (e.g. software processes, requirements engineering, software architecture, software testing, formal methods, software maintenance) as well as emerging areas (e.g., self-adaptive systems, software engineering in the cloud, coordination technology). Each chapter includes an introduction to central concepts and principles, a guided tour of seminal papers and key contributions, and promising future research directions. The authors of the individual chapters are all acknowledged experts in their field and include many who have pioneered the techniques and technologies discussed. Readers will find an authoritative and concise review of each subject, and will also learn how software engineering technologies have evolved and are likely to develop in the years to come. This book will be especially useful for researchers who are new to software engineering, and for practitioners seeking to enhance their skills and knowledge.

This volume presents the thoroughly revised proceedings of the ICSE '94 Workshop on Joint Research Issues in Software Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction, held in Sorrento, Italy in May 1994.
In harmony with the main objectives of the Workshop, this book essentially contributes to establishing a sound common platform for exchange and cooperation among researchers and design professionals from the SE and HCI communities. The book includes survey papers by leading experts as well as focused submitted papers. Among the topics covered are design, processes, user interface technology and SE environments, platform independence, prototyping, interactive behaviour, CSCW, and others.

Early settlers in Imperial Valley wet their beds to stay cool on hot summer nights. They lived in tents, made homemade filters for their water and rode miles to see their neighbor. It was worth it because the land was fertile and the newly built irrigation system provided all they needed for bountiful crops.

And then the flood came.

'I need a job," said Jetty, looking Fitch straight in the eye.

Fitch looked at his hands, worn and dirty but not shaking.

'You a trapper?"

'I was."

'Blackfoot scare you off?"

'It was my boat. It turned over crossing the Colorado."

Fitch looked at his moccasins, made of deer elk. He'd stuffed pieces of sheepskin inside, and walked two hundred miles from the Colorado River to San Diego. He still stood tall, without limping.

'You trap alone?" Fitch asked.

'I had two partners. One got killed by the Indians. The other got shot in the leg at the Rendezvous. I cut it off for him. He went back east."

Fitch nodded. 'I buy Sea Otter skins, three dollars each."

Jetty knew nothing about Sea Otters. He smiled. 'I'm your man," he said.

Thus began Jetty's journey, in the 1840's that took him to Northern California where the Indians were losing their battle to save their land.