Emerging Methods, Technologies, and Process

Written by a panel of experts, this book presents a high-level introduction to new technologies and methods in the field of software engineering. Divided into four clear parts, it covers software architectures, emerging methods, technologies for software evolution, and process management. It is a one-stop resource for software engineering practitioners and professionals.

Andrea De Lucia, PhD, is Professor of Computer Science, Director of the International Summer School on Software Engineering, and Coordinator of the Software Engineering Laboratory at the University of Salerno (Italy).

Filomena Ferrucci, PhD, is Associate Professor of Computer Science, Program Co-chair of the International Summer School on Software Engineering, and Member of the Department of Mathematics and Informatics at the University of Salerno, where she teaches software engineering and Web information systems courses.

Genny Tortora is Dean of the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical, and Natural Sciences at the University of Salerno. She is the coeditor of two books.

Maurizio Tucci is Professor of Computer Science and coordinator of the bachelor and master programs in computer science at the University of Salerno.

Preface	p. ix
Software Architectures	p. 1
Evolution of Software Composition Mechanisms: A Survey	p. 3
Introduction	p. 3
Basic Concepts	p. 4
Early Days	p. 6
Achieving Flexibility	p. 7
Software Composition in the Open World	p. 12
Challenges and Future Work	p. 16
Acknowledgments	p. 18
References	p. 18
Compositionality in Software Product Lines	p. 21
Introduction	p. 21
From Integration-Oriented to the Compositional Approach	p. 24
Components and Architectural Slices	p. 31
Research Challenges of the Compositional Approach	p. 36
Summary	p. 41
References	p. 41
Teaching Design Patterns	p. 43
Introduction	p. 43
The Design of Asteroids	p. 44
Downloading and Executing Asteroids	p. 47
Exercise 1: Observer Pattern Modeling	p. 49
Exercise 2: Observer Pattern Programming	p. 51
Exercise 3: Adapter Pattern Modeling	p. 55
Exercise 4: Adapter Pattern Programming	p. 57
Exercise 5: Strategy Pattern Modeling	p. 59
Exercise 6: Strategy Pattern Programming	p. 63
Experiences and Conclusion	p. 67
References	p. 67
Emerging Methods	p. 69
On the Impact of Aose in Service-Oriented Computing	p. 71
Introduction	p. 71
Agent Systems and AOSE	p. 72
The Impact of Agents in Service-Oriented Architectures	p. 74
A Model-Driven Architecture for Services for Grid Agents	p. 76
Agent Coordination and Orchestration in the Web Service Architecture	p. 78
Ontological Approach for WSA	p. 78
Conclusions	p. 80
References	p. 81
Testing Object-Oriented Software	p. 85
Introduction	p. 85
Impact of Object-Oriented Design on Testing	p. 86
Specification-Based Testing Techniques	p. 88
UML Intraclass Testing	p. 89
UML Interclass Testing	p. 92
Algebraic Testing Techniques	p. 97
Code-Based Testing Techniques	p. 100
Intraclass Structural Testing	p. 100
Interclass Structural Testing	p. 102
Testing in the Presence of Inheritance	p. 103
Regression Testing	p. 104
Conclusions	p. 105
References	p. 106
The Uml and Formal Methods: A Case Study	p. 109
Introduction	p. 109
A Biased View of the UML	p. 112
ForLySa	p. 115
Conclusions	p. 126
Acknowledgments	p. 128
References	p. 128
Modern Web Application Development	p. 131
Introduction	p. 131
Foundations of the Web	p. 132
Software Engineering and Web Applications	p. 133
Current Trends	p. 136
Future Directions	p. 140
Summary and Conclusions	p. 145
References	p. 145
Technologies for Software Evolution	p. 149
Migrating to Web Services	p. 151
Forces Driving Migration	p. 151
The Emergence of Web Services	p. 155
Providing Web Services	p. 156
Web Service Mining	p. 160
Applying Wrapping Techniques	p. 163
Experience in the Field	p. 173
Conclusions	p. 173
References	p. 174
Software Evolution Analysis and Visualization	p. 177
Introduction	p. 177
Multiple Evolution Metrics View	p. 178
Feature Evolution View	p. 183
Developer Contribution View	p. 188
Change Coupling View	p. 192
Related Work	p. 197
Resume	p. 198
Acknowledgments	p. 198
References	p. 199
Process Management	p. 201
Empirical Experimentation in Software Engineering	p. 203
Introduction	p. 203
Empirical Studies	p. 204
Empirical Studies for Software Engineering Science	p. 223
Empirical Investigation for Innovation Acceptance	p. 230
Building Competence through Empirical Investigation	p. 233
Conclusions	p. 243
References	p. 245
Foundations of Agile Methods	p. 249
Introduction	p. 249
Agile Methods	p. 251
The Agile Manifesto	p. 252
Extreme Programming (XP)	p. 254
Tools Support for XP	p. 268
Conclusions	p. 269
References	p. 269
Index	p. 271
About the Authors and the Editors	p. 277
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