Cognitive tools for locating and comprehending software objects for reuse

Author

Fischer, Gerhard ; Henninger, Scott ; Redmiles, David

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

13-16 May 1991

Firstpage

318

Lastpage

328

Abstract

The authors describe a conceptual framework to facilitate software reuse. It is shown that high functionality computer systems by themselves do not provide sufficient support for software reuse. Two systems that support this framework, CODEFINDER and EXPLAINER, are presented. CODEFINDER addresses issues on information access for software reuse. Support for comprehending software objects is demonstrated with EXPLAINER. A scenario describing how the two systems are used in a reuse situation is presented. The authors show how these systems fit into the bigger pictures of software development environments, address limitations of the systems, and discuss future directions

Keywords

software reusability; CODEFINDER; EXPLAINER; cognitive tools; conceptual framework; high functionality computer systems; information access; software development environments; software objects; software objects for reuse; Cognitive science; Computer architecture; Computer science; Design methodology; Humans; Problem-solving; Process design; Programming; Software prototyping; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering, 1991. Proceedings., 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2140-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSE.1991.130658

Filename

130658