Automated Refactoring of Legacy JavaScript Code to ES6 Modules
Katerina Paltoglou,
Vassilis E. Zafeiris,
N. A. Diamantidis
et al.
Abstract:The JavaScript language did not specify, until ECMAScript 6 (ES6), native features for streamlining encapsulation and modularity. Developer community filled the gap with a proliferation of design patterns and module formats, with impact on code reusability, portability and complexity of build configurations. This work studies the automated refactoring of legacy ES5 code to ES6 modules with fine-grained reuse of module contents through the named import/export language constructs. The focus is on reducing the co… Show more
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