Essence of Program Design Author:Douglas Bell, Ian Morrey, John Pugh Compares all the leading methods for creating a program's structure, and helps programmers understand when each is most appropriate.Program design is about the way programmers create structures for their programs. The book covers several of the most commonly-used approaches, showing when each approach is valid, and which have general utility. It... more » helps programmers select the methods that are best for them and their applications. It covers essential program design topics including functional decomposition, data structure design, dataflow design, object-oriented design, design notations, and design guidelines.Any programmer or programming student.« less