A reverse engineering approach to framework comprehension

Autores
Campo, Marcelo; Price, Tom
Año de publicación
1997
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
documento de conferencia
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
Framework comprehension is a very limiting factor to take full advantage of the benefits that frameworks offer to increase quality and productivity in software development. In this paper, a reverse engineering approach to framework comprehension using the MetaExplorer tool is presented. MetaExplorer is characterized by the use of meta-objects to gather information from framework applications, providing a rich set of visualizations, and abstraction capabilities for subsystem analysis and design-patterns recognition, along with advanced exploration mechanisms based on semantic zooming and direct-manipulation user interfaces. The effectiveness the tool to help on the process of framework understanding was tested through controlled experiments, whose metrics suggest that users of the tool grasp a much better understanding of an analyzed framework than users not using the tool.
Eje: Ingeniería de software. Bases de datos
Red de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI)
Materia
Ciencias Informáticas
design patterns
software comprehension
software visualization
meta-object models
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
base de datos
Visual
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso abierto
Condiciones de uso
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
Repositorio
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Institución
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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title A reverse engineering approach to framework comprehension
spellingShingle A reverse engineering approach to framework comprehension
Campo, Marcelo
Ciencias Informáticas
design patterns
software comprehension
software visualization
meta-object models
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
base de datos
Visual
title_short A reverse engineering approach to framework comprehension
title_full A reverse engineering approach to framework comprehension
title_fullStr A reverse engineering approach to framework comprehension
title_full_unstemmed A reverse engineering approach to framework comprehension
title_sort A reverse engineering approach to framework comprehension
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Campo, Marcelo
Price, Tom
author Campo, Marcelo
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Price, Tom
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Informáticas
design patterns
software comprehension
software visualization
meta-object models
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
base de datos
Visual
topic Ciencias Informáticas
design patterns
software comprehension
software visualization
meta-object models
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
base de datos
Visual
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Eje: Ingeniería de software. Bases de datos
Red de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI)
description Framework comprehension is a very limiting factor to take full advantage of the benefits that frameworks offer to increase quality and productivity in software development. In this paper, a reverse engineering approach to framework comprehension using the MetaExplorer tool is presented. MetaExplorer is characterized by the use of meta-objects to gather information from framework applications, providing a rich set of visualizations, and abstraction capabilities for subsystem analysis and design-patterns recognition, along with advanced exploration mechanisms based on semantic zooming and direct-manipulation user interfaces. The effectiveness the tool to help on the process of framework understanding was tested through controlled experiments, whose metrics suggest that users of the tool grasp a much better understanding of an analyzed framework than users not using the tool.
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