Does the Documentation of Design Pattern Instances Impact on Source Code Comprehension? Results from Two Controlled Experiments.
Carmine GravinoMichele RisiGiuseppe ScannielloGenoveffa TortoraPublished in: WCRE (2011)
Keyphrases
- source code
- design patterns
- software systems
- software evolution
- impact analysis
- program comprehension
- legacy systems
- open source
- code reuse
- software engineering
- software design
- software engineers
- open source software
- software projects
- software architecture
- software maintenance
- written in natural language
- object oriented
- metamodel
- software repositories
- high level
- version control
- maintenance activities
- program understanding
- software development
- manual inspection
- free software
- text files
- database driven
- process model
- reverse engineering
- data structure
- software components
- plagiarism detection
- learning objects
- source files
- model view controller
- website
- database