Work in Progress: Open Source Software as the Basis of Developing Software Design Case Studies

Abstract

Case studies are often used as a vehicle to introduce fundamental principles and techniques in a software engineering course. However, finding a realistic yet manageable application as the basis of developing a case study is challenging to the instructors. We describe our preliminary experience with using an open source product, JUnit, to develop a case study. We also describe using a follow-up exercise to exploit potential benefits of such a case study. We believe that case studies based on open source software can help prepare our students for the real challenges of professional software development.

Open source projects in software engineering education: a mapping study

“…These features of inside control make it adequate to case-based learning. All examples we found of case-based learning (Costa-Soria & Pérez, 2009;Kume et al, 2006;Nandigam et al, 2008;Tao & Nandigam, 2006;Toth, 2006) but one are also examples of the inside control. The exception was a single study that proposed a web application to facilitate case creation .…”

“…Figure 2 presents the six examples of case-based learning found in our study. Three of them address the apprenticeship of software design/architec- ture (Costa-Soria & Pérez, 2009;Kume et al, 2006;Tao & Nandigam, 2006), while the other three focus on general principles of SE Toth, 2006;. It is worth noting that Costa-Soria and Pérez (2009) also address the specific area of software maintenance.…”

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“…,,,Li et al (2009),Shockey and Cabrera (2005),Liu (2005), Gehringer (2011),,Kon et al (2011), Toth (2006, Jaccheri and ∅sterlie(2007),Nandigam et al (2008),Krogstie (2008),Spinellis (2006), Martínez (2009), Ellis et al (2012), Papadopoulos et al (2012), Yamakami (2012), Ellis et al (2012), Auer et al (2011), Ellis, Hislop, and Morelli (2011), Marmorstein (2011), Ellis and Hislop (2011), Kilamo (2010), Xing (2010), Morelli and de Lanerolle (2009), Megias et al (2009), Hislop, Ellis, & Morelli (2009), Kussmaul (2009), Morelli et al (2009), Meiszner et al (2009), Ellis, Morelli, de Lanerolle, Damon et al (2007), Cousin et al (2002), Nachbar (1998), Meneely et al (2008), Chen et al (2008), Santore, Lorenzen, Creed, Murphy, and Orcutt (2010), O'Hara and Kay (2003), Stroulia et al (2011), Budd (2009), Morelli, Ellis, de Lanerolle, Damon, and Walti (2007), Horstmann (2009), de Lanerolle, Morelli, Danner, and Krizanc (2008), German (2005), Lundell et al (2007), Kamthan (2007), Whitehurst (2009),Robles et al Fu (2008), Carrington (2003,Tao and Nandigam (2006), Costa-Soria and Pérez(2009), Kume et al (2006), Hepting et al (2008), Boldyreff et al Kazemian (2006), Smrithi Rekha et al (2009), Sabin (2011), Beaufait et al (2011), Allen, Cartwright, and Reis (2003), Boldyreff et al…”

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