This book, first published in 1997, covers the most important topics in Componentware technology, based in large part on the first Component Users Conference.This book includes coverage of the most important and current topics in Componentware® technology, based in large part on the first Component Users Conference. It addresses such issues as componentware platforms, component design and architecture, distributed object computing, componentware languages, patterns and frameworks, interoperability, and debugging and testing.This book includes coverage of the most important and current topics in Componentware® technology, based in large part on the first Component Users Conference. It addresses such issues as componentware platforms, component design and architecture, distributed object computing, componentware languages, patterns and frameworks, interoperability, and debugging and testing.This book includes coverage of the most important and current topics in Componentware® technology, based in large part on the first Component Users Conference. It addresses such issues as componentware platforms, component design and architecture, distributed object computing, componentware languages, patterns and frameworks, interoperability, and debugging and testing.Part I. About the Conference: Part II. Speakers: Part III. Abstracts: Part IV. Papers: 1. Faster, better, and cheaper at JPL D. E. Smyth; 2. Delivering the benefits of component software: JavaScript and related component technologies E. A. Van der Veer; 3. ComponentWare? consortium technology plan White Paper B. K. Cottmann and B. H. Cottmann; 4. Retrieving software components by execution Y. Park and P. Bai; 5. Service location in Multi-ORB distributed systems M. Steinder and K. Zielinski; 6. Black-Box Reuse within frameworks based on visual programming B. Wagner et al.; 7. Automatic load distribution for CORBA applications T. Schnekenburger; 8. Mobile agents - mobile components H. Ilmberl#i