The implementation of refactoring: an experience report

Many object-oriented software developers have embraced the technique of refactoring – restructuring the source-code of an object-oriented program without changing its external behavior – as an approach to modifying and maintaining existing software systems. This is because systems, and consequent...

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Main Author: Mohd. Shah, Amir Shazlan
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Published: 2004
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spelling my.utm.480792017-10-10T07:17:10Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/48079/ The implementation of refactoring: an experience report Mohd. Shah, Amir Shazlan QA76 Computer software Many object-oriented software developers have embraced the technique of refactoring – restructuring the source-code of an object-oriented program without changing its external behavior – as an approach to modifying and maintaining existing software systems. This is because systems, and consequently their design, are prone to software degradation, which if left unattended will affect the maintainability of the system. Refactoring allows the developer to continually uphold the design of the system without spending as much time as other techniques such as reverse engineering. In this study the writer would discuss his experiences in applying refactoring on a system and explain how they are implemented so as to preserve the behavior of a system. A set of software metrics was utilized to measure the impact of the said refactoring activity to the system. The results show marked improvements on the maintainability, usability and complexity of the overall system. Thus, it proves that refactoring can slow down the software degradation rate of a system. 2004 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/48079/1/AmirShazlanMohdShahMFC2004.pdf Mohd. Shah, Amir Shazlan (2004) The implementation of refactoring: an experience report. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Computing. http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:81764?public=true
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The implementation of refactoring: an experience report
description Many object-oriented software developers have embraced the technique of refactoring – restructuring the source-code of an object-oriented program without changing its external behavior – as an approach to modifying and maintaining existing software systems. This is because systems, and consequently their design, are prone to software degradation, which if left unattended will affect the maintainability of the system. Refactoring allows the developer to continually uphold the design of the system without spending as much time as other techniques such as reverse engineering. In this study the writer would discuss his experiences in applying refactoring on a system and explain how they are implemented so as to preserve the behavior of a system. A set of software metrics was utilized to measure the impact of the said refactoring activity to the system. The results show marked improvements on the maintainability, usability and complexity of the overall system. Thus, it proves that refactoring can slow down the software degradation rate of a system.
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