Chapter 4. Component-Based Development Fundamentals

Components and component-based approaches are the driving force for the e-business revolution. They are the way enterprise-scale solutions for the Internet age will be developed. In a recent report [1], Gartner Group predicted that by 2003 up to 70% of all new software-intensive solutions will be constructed with "building blocks" such as prebuilt components and templates. Similarly, in its 1999 survey of worldwide markets and trends [2], International Data Corporation (IDC) estimated that by 2003 the worldwide market for component construction and assembly tools will be in excess of $8 billion, with an additional $2 billion spent on acquiring components. As a result, it is clear that over ...

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