Object-Oriented Metrics in Practice : Using Software Metrics to Characterize, Evaluate, and Improve the Design of Object-Oriented Systems /
By: Lanza, Michele [author.].
Contributor(s): Marinescu, Radu [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.Description: XIV, 207 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783540395386.Subject(s): Computer science | Software engineering | Management information systems | Computer Science | Software Engineering | Management of Computing and Information SystemsDDC classification: 005.1 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | Available | EBK455 |
Facts on Measurements and Visualization -- Characterizing the Design -- Evaluating the Design -- Identity Disharmonies -- Collaboration Disharmonies -- Classification Disharmonies.
Metrics are paramount in every engineering discipline. Software engineering, however, is not considered a classical engineering activity for several reasons. In general, if a software system is seen to deliver the required functionality, only few people if any care about the internals. Moreover, defining, understanding and applying software metrics often looks like an overly complex activity, recommended only to 'trained professionals'. Lanza and Marinescu demystify the design metrics used to assess the size, quality and complexity of object-oriented software systems. Based on statistical information from many industrial projects and generally accepted semantics they deduce many single and combined threshold values. They show in detail how to identify collaboration and classification disharmony patterns in code, how to visualize their results using the freely available CodeCrawler visualization tool, and how to devise possible remedies. The combination of theoretically sound results and practically tested procedures and solution paths makes this book an ideal companion for professional software architects, developers and quality engineers. The pattern-oriented description of disharmonies offers easy access to detecting shortcomings and applying solution strategies. "This well-written book is an important piece of work that takes the seemingly forgotten art of object-oriented metrics to the next level in terms of relevance and usefulness." Richard C. Gronback, Chief Scientist, Borland Software Corporation.
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