Effective Software Maintenance and Evolution
eBook - PDF

Effective Software Maintenance and Evolution

A Reuse-Based Approach

  1. 424 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Effective Software Maintenance and Evolution

A Reuse-Based Approach

About this book

With software maintenance costs averaging 50% of total computing costs, it is necessary to have an effective maintenance program in place. Aging legacy systems, for example, pose an especially rough challenge as veteran programmers retire and their successors are left to figure out how the systems operate. This book explores program analyzers, reve

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Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. The Author
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Prologue
  7. Chapter 1. Introduction
  8. Part I: CONVENTIONAL METHODS OF SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AND EVOLUTION
  9. Chapter 2. Static Program Analysis Methods
  10. Chapter 3. Reverse Engineering Methods
  11. Chapter 4. Model-Based Design for Ease of Maintenance
  12. Chapter 5. Evolution of Versions and Configuration Management
  13. Chapter 6. Limits of Conventional Techniques
  14. Part II: REUSE-BASED SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AND EVOLUTION
  15. Chapter 7. The Mixed-Strategy Approach: An Overview
  16. Chapter 8. Step-by-Step Introduction to XVCL
  17. Chapter 9. Software Similarities: Symptoms and Causes
  18. Chapter 10. The Mixed-Strategy Approach to Generic Design
  19. Chapter 11. Evolution with the Mixed-Strategy Approach
  20. Chapter 12. Scaling Up the Mixed-Strategy Approach
  21. Chapter 13. The Mixed-Strategy Approach in Other Projects
  22. Chapter 14. Other Techniques Related to XVCL
  23. Chapter 15. Evaluation of the Mixed-Strategy Approach
  24. Chapter 16. Conclusions
  25. Appendix A: Summary of PQL Grammar Rules
  26. Appendix B: Program Design Models for COBOL85
  27. Appendix C: XVCL Specifications- A Reference Manual
  28. Index
  29. Back cover