Monitoring design flaws in object-oriented software

A.S. Nechay

Abstract


Design flaws are introduced into software during its maintenance as a result of failure to comply with design rules. Despite the fact that defects in the design adversely affect the maintainability of software, and should be eliminated, in some cases, their introduction is the best design solution. The paper describes the graphical representations designed to facilitate the monitoring of design flaws. Catalog of categories is defined which combine defects in the design by their shared history and allows simplifying the interpretation of graphic representations. It is shown that by monitoring using visualization one can quickly identify progressing design flaws.

Problems in programming 2010; 2-3: 242-251


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