Status of software tools developed in Japan

This paper overviews software tools developed in Japan and briefly describes some selected ones. Japanese computer manufacturers' software tools have evolved from mainframe to workstation/PC and to client/server environments, and from structured methods to object-oriented, from lower CASE to upper, and from forward engineering to re-engineering. A few CASE products by independent software vendors are well received. Componentware, re-engineering, and other technologies have been developed.