Software development method for improving maintainability using code generation

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Miroslav Zadravec (Author), Matej Šprogar (Mentor)

Abstract

Software maintenance constitutes a large part of the development costs of software. Code duplications cause many faults resulting in higher maintenance costs. Even when using the best programming practices, duplication is unavoidable. Code generation is an approach for reducing the total code size, removing code duplication, and reducing the consequent maintenance effort. Knowledge of the domain can be stored in a model while the repeatable code can be generated from the model. We propose a software development method where the code generator is built in parallel with the solution, generating only repeatable parts that emerge during the development. We found that the code generator can improve the maintainability of the software by both lowering the size of the code and the number of changes in the code required for the change in specification.

Keywords

code generation;maintainability;code duplication;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2015
Typology:	2.09 - Master's Thesis
Organization:	UM FERI - Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Publisher:	[M. Zadravec]
UDC:	004.4'415(043.2)
COBISS:	19022614
Views:	1118
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Metoda razvoja programske opreme za povečanje vzdrževalnosti z uporabo generiranja kode
Secondary abstract:	Vzdrževanje programske opreme predstavlja velik del celotnih stroškov razvoja programske opreme. Veliko napak in stroškov vzdrževanja je posledica podvajanja kode. Tudi z uporabo najboljših praks v razvoju je podvajanje včasih neizogibno. Generiranje kode je eden od pristopov za zmanjšanje velikosti kode, preprečevanje podvajanja kode in posledično zmanjšanje stroškov vzdrževanja. Poznavanje domene se lahko shrani v modelu, medtem ko se ponovljiva koda generira iz modela. Predlagamo metodo razvoja programske opreme, kjer generator kode razvijamo skupaj z rešitvijo in generiramo samo ponovljive dele, ki se pojavijo med razvojem. Ugotovili smo, da generator kode lahko izboljša vzdrževalnost programske opreme tako, da zmanjša velikost kode in število sprememb v kodi potrebnih zaradi sprememb v specifikaciji.
Secondary keywords:	generiranje kode;vzdrževalnost;podvajanje kode;
URN:	URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS):	Master's thesis/paper
Thesis comment:	Univ. v Mariboru, Fak. za elektrotehniko, računalništvo in informatiko, Informatika in tehnologije komuniciranja
Pages:	XIX, 57 str.
ID:	8739257