Integrating approaches to the construction of software engineering environments

Author

Gray, J.P. ; Ryan, B.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., South Australian Univ., The Levels, SA, Australia

fYear

1997

fDate

8-9 Apr 1997

Firstpage

53

Lastpage

65

Abstract

This paper examples two different approaches to the construction of software engineering environments, based on RDBMS and meta-CASE technologies. The paper focuses on the provision of CASE tools and repositories to support an object-based, graphical design method and notation. Prototype CASE tools have been constructed for this method using both RDBMS and meta-CASE technologies. These prototype tools, and their respective development approaches, are described and evaluated. Drawing on the experience gained from these prototypes, an integrative approach to CASE tool construction, combining aspects of both technologies, is proposed

Keywords

computer aided software engineering; object-oriented programming; programming environments; software engineering; software tools; visual programming; CASE tool construction; CASE tools; RDBMS; development approach; meta-CASE technologies; object-based graphical design method; repositories; software engineering environments; Application software; Australia; Computer aided software engineering; Databases; Information science; Programming; Prototypes; Software engineering; Software prototyping; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering Environments, Eighth Conference on

Conference_Location

Cottbus

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8019-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SEE.1997.591817

Filename

591817