Refactoring embedded software: A study in healthcare domain

Smiari, Paraskevi; Bibi, Stamatia; Ampatzoglou, Apostolos; Arvanitou, Elvira-Maria

doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2021.106760

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“…However, when dealing with extensive graphs and numerous releases, identifying disparities and patterns in the metrics of nodes and arcs becomes more intricate, if not unfeasible. Radar chart is a more efficient visualization technique that can be used in software refactoring to help identify and improve the design of software systems 8 . A radar chart, also known as a spider chart or a star chart, is a graphical representation of data that shows multiple variables plotted on a circular grid with each variable represented by an axis that emanates from the center of the chart 19 .…”

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“…In this paper, we propose a novel approach to visualize software refactoring using radar charts. A radar chart, also known as a spider chart or a web chart, can be used to visualize the impact of refactoring on multiple dimensions of the codebase simultaneously 8 . This type of chart can be useful when developers want to compare the relative strengths and weaknesses of different aspects of the code before and after refactoring.…”

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Visualizing software refactoring using radar charts

Al-Ghuwairi,

Al-Fraihat,

Sharrab

et al. 2023

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Refactoring tools have advanced greatly and are being used in many large projects. As a result, a great deal of information is now available about past refactoring and its effects on the source code. However, when multiple refactoring is performed at once, it becomes more difficult to analyze their impact. Refactoring visualization can help developers create more maintainable code that is easier to understand and modify over time. Although there is an increasing interest in visualizing code changes in software engineering research, there has been relatively little research on visualizing the process of refactoring. In this paper, we propose a Radar Chart Refactoring Visualization (RcRV) approach to visualize software refactoring of source code across multiple software releases. Radar charts are a form of 2D visualization that can show multiple variables on a single chart. The RcRv receives input from developers or through refactoring identification tools, such as Ref-Finder, to generate charts. The generated charts can show the changes made during the refactoring process, highlighting areas of the trend of refactoring over evolution for multiple refactoring, multiple methods, and multiple classes. The evaluation study conducted to assess the usefulness of the RcRV tool has shown that the proposed tool is useful to developers, appealing, and easy to use. The proposed method of visualization can be beneficial for developers and maintainers to detect design violations and potential bugs in the code, thus saving time and effort during the development and maintenance process. Therefore, this research presents a significant contribution to the software engineering field by providing developers with an efficient tool to enhance code quality and maintainability.

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Visualizing software refactoring using radar charts

Al-Ghuwairi,

Al-Fraihat,

Sharrab

et al. 2023

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“…Behaviors and classes affect interaction, inheritance, and overlap. Collaboration of reusable classes has limitations (Smiari et al, 2022). Additionally, specific software components, such as student registrations, tuition payments, and discount promotions are repeated between classes and methods in an extending implementation.…”

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“…The results may be more efficient because multidimensional decomposition (Dong et al, 2021;Idrissi & Zerouali, 2022;Xu et al, 2021) and overlapping dimensions allow for greater flexibility (Rouached, 2021) in terms of code development (Machta et al, 2015;Wang et al, 2019), lines of code, and compiling time (Boeing et al, 2018). This article discusses the authors' educational information operations, analysis of overlapping dimensions, and semantic definitions (Leger et al, 2015;Smiari et al, 2022). Formal verifications, such as model checking and operation semantics, are used to verify its properties and are explicit for the efficient specification and proof of systems (Jbeli & Sbai, 2021).…”

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Software Development for Educational Information Services Using Multilayering Semantics Adaptation

Rukhiran

Buaroong

Netinant

2022

International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology

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Electronic information services are robust platforms that impact daily life and facilitate new research. Increasing software modularity and reusability saves time and money. Numerous designs and programming are challenging when developing a complex educational information system. This article proposes a new paradigm of multi-dimensional information layers, aspects, functional data, and composition rules in software development to create practical educational information platforms. The proposed approach uses aspect orientation throughout educational information's software development life cycle, from planning to implementation and evaluation. Finally, the authors demonstrate and evaluate the design model's modularity and adaptation through fine-granularity design and class reuse. The result reduces invasive changes, promotes modularity and reuse, and eliminates duplication in component-based software design.

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