Disciplined design practices: a role for refactoring in software engineering?

ABSTRACT

Reflecting upon the recent experience of teaching our undergraduate software engineering course has caused me to revisit several questions at the core of the discipline. What is the essence of software design, how should it be taught and how does it relate to software engineering?

REFERENCES

• 1: Alain Abran , Pierre Bourque , Robert Dupuis , James W. Moore, Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge - SWEBOK, IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, 2001
• 2: Clear, T., Bachelor of Computer & Information Sciences - Research & Development Project Guidebook, v. 1.9, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, 2005, 1 -50.
• 3: Refactoring: improving the design of existing code, Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc., Boston, MA, 1999

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education
          Subjects: Computer science education

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.2 Design Tools and Techniques
      D.2.7 Distribution, Maintenance, and Enhancement
          Subjects: Restructuring, reverse engineering, and reengineering

General Terms:
Design, Theory