Title :
CheckDep: A Tool for Tracking Software Dependencies
Author :
Beyer, Dirk ; Fararooy, Ashgan
fDate :
June 30 2010-July 2 2010
Abstract :
Many software developers use a syntactical `diff´ in order to performa quick review before committing changes to the repository. Others are notified of the change by e-mail (containing diffs or change logs), and they review the received information to determine if their work is affected. We lift this simple process from the code level to the more abstract level of dependencies: a software developer can use CheckDep to inspect introduced and removed dependencies before committing new versions, and other developers receive summaries of the changed dependencies via e-mail. We find the tool useful in our software-development activities and now make the tool publicly available.
Keywords :
software engineering; software tools; CheckDep tool; code level; e-mail; software dependency tracking; software development; Cement industry; Computer industry; Concrete; Feedback; Industrial control; Licenses; Software performance; Software tools; Uniform resource locators; Visualization; Dependency Analysis; Program Understanding; Refactoring; Software Structure;
Conference_Titel :
Program Comprehension (ICPC), 2010 IEEE 18th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Braga, Minho
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7604-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8138
DOI :
10.1109/ICPC.2010.51
