Title :
Lowering the barrier to reuse through test-driven search
Author :
Janjic, Werner ; Stoll, Dietmar ; Bostan, Philipp ; Atkinson, Colin
Author_Institution :
Dept. for Software Eng., Univ. of Mannheim, Mannheim
Abstract :
Dedicated software search engines that index open source software repositories or in-house software assets significantly enhance the chance of finding software components suitable for reuse. However, they still leave the work of evaluating and testing components to the developer. To significantly change the risk/cost/benefit tradeoff involved in software reuse, search engines need to be supported by user friendly environments that deliver code search functionality, non-intrusively, right to developers´ fingertips during key software development activities and significantly raise the quality of search results. In this position paper we describe our attempt to realize this vision through an Eclipse plug-in, Code Conjurer, in tandem with the code search engine, merobase.
Keywords :
human computer interaction; object-oriented programming; program testing; public domain software; search engines; software reusability; Code Conjurer; Eclipse plug-in; in-house software asset; merobase; open source software repository; software component; software development; software reusability; software search engine; tandem; test-driven search; user friendly environment; Assembly systems; Cost function; Machine vision; Open source software; Programming; Search engines; Software engineering; Software quality; Software systems; Software testing;
Conference_Titel :
Search-Driven Development-Users, Infrastructure, Tools and Evaluation, 2009. SUITE '09. ICSE Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3740-5
DOI :
10.1109/SUITE.2009.5070015