Dr. Thomas D. Arbuckle

“PATTERNS AND SOFTWARE REENGINEERING"

Thursday, April 8, 2004
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Room 405, IS Building

Abstract: It is - or, possibly at least, should be - only the lucky few who have the pleasure and responsibility of developing software from scratch. In practice, particularly for non-trivial or commercial programs, development involves the reengineering of what has gone before. Therefore, given that much of programming work involves maintenance or reengineering, it is prudent to see how we can apply our labors efficiently.

In this talk, we will (begin to) consider patterns for software reengineering. With the motivation "What should I do to fix or extend a sizeable piece of legacy software?" We will review software patterns and the terminology of software reengineering before making a brief foray into patterns for the initial phases of reengineering. These will particularly concern those activities in which we seek to understand software before we modify it.