Two controlled experiments assessing the usefulness of design pattern documentation in program maintenance.

Two controlled experiments assessing the usefulness of design pattern documentation in program maintenance.

Using design patterns is claimed to improve programmer productivity and software quality. Such improvements may manifest both at construction time (in faster and better program design) and at maintenance time (in faster and more accurate program comprehension). The paper focuses on the maintenance c...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE Transactions on software engineering 28, 6 (2002).
1. Verfasser: Prechelt, L.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:English
Schlagworte:
American undergraduate students.
C++.
German graduate students.
Java.
PCL.
Controlled experiments.
Design pattern documentation.
Design pattern information.
Design pattern usage.
Experiment design problems.
Experimental tests.
Pattern comment lines.
Pattern-relevant maintenance tasks.
Program comments.
Program comprehension.
Program maintenance.
Programmer productivity.
Software quality.
Source code comments.