Developing Chemical Information Systems: An Object–Oriented Approach Using Enterprise Java

Develop and manage chemical information systems
This text provides a comprehensive overview of analyzing chemical problems using computer–aided methods for both newcomers and advanced computer scientists and chemists. In addition to practical how–to information and step–by–step descriptions, this resource includes case studies from Merck & Co., Inc., to further aid your understanding.
This guide covers a wide range of cheminformatics topics, including:Software development principlesObject–oriented approachBuilding and buyingAgile and Iterative Development ProcessUML ModelingDeployment and Software ArchitecturePresentation, Business, and Data Persistence LayerProducing an entity dictionaryChemistry Intelligence APIPlug and play—integrating with third–party tools
Written by a former lead architect on the design of said systems at Merck & Co., Inc., this text not only lays out information, but also shares the author′s experiences and advice on cheminformatics.

Spis treści:
1. Introduction.
2. Software Development Principles: High–Low Open–Closed Principles.
3. Introduction to the Object–Oriented Approach and Its Benefits.
4. Build Versus Buy.
5. The Agile and Iterative Development Process.
6. UML Modeling.
7. Deployment Architecture.
8. Software Architecture.
9. A Case Study: Develop a Chemical Registration System (CRS).
10. A Chemical Informatics Domain Analysis Object Model.
11. Presentation Layer.
12. Business Layer.
13. Entity Dictionary.
14. Chemistry Intelligence API.
15. Data Persistence Layer.
16. Put Everything Together.
Bibliography.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
FAN LI, PHD, is the team leader and chief architect of the Merck Basic Research Chemical Information Systems development team. Some of his past jobs include progr amming analyst for MCI Communications and software engineer for Conduit Software. At Merck, he has received many awards for excellence.

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Develop and manage chemical information systems
This text provides a comprehensive overview of analyzing chemical problems using computer–aided methods for both newcomers and advanced computer scientists and chemists. In addition to practical how–to information and step–by–step descriptions, this resource includes case studies from Merck & Co., Inc., to further aid your understanding.
This guide covers a wide range of cheminformatics topics, including:Software development principlesObject–oriented approachBuilding and buyingAgile and Iterative Development ProcessUML ModelingDeployment and Software ArchitecturePresentation, Business, and Data Persistence LayerProducing an entity dictionaryChemistry Intelligence APIPlug and play—integrating with third–party tools
Written by a former lead architect on the design of said systems at Merck & Co., Inc., this text not only lays out information, but also shares the author′s experiences and advice on cheminformatics.