Component-based Software Development and Logic Programming

Abstract. Component-based Software Development (CBD) represents a paradigm shift in software development. In the tutorial I will explain what CBD is about, briefly survey current component technology, and posit that Logic Programming can play a role in next-generation CBD. In this abstract, I give an overview of the material that I plan to cover in the tutorial. 1 Introduction Software Engineering is entering a new era: the component era. Building on the concepts of Object-Oriented Software Construction (e.g. [18]), Componentbased Software Development (CBD) aims to move Software Engineering into an `industrial age', whereby software can be assembled from components, in the manner that hardware systems are constructed from kits of parts nowadays. Thus CBD represents a paradigm shift in software development: from building monolithic, single-platform, purpose-built-from-scratch systems to constructing assemblies of ready-made components that are platform-independent and supplied by third-parties