An exploratory study of the effect of aspect-oriented programming on maintainability

Software Quality Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-44

  Bartsch, Marc ^a   Harrison, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Stratton Edge Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspects; Maintainability; Object orientation

Indexed keywords

ASPECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MAINTAINABILITY; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

ASPECTS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; MAINTENANCE TASKS; OBJECT-ORIENTATION; OBJECT-ORIENTED SYSTEM; SOFTWARE MAINTAINABILITY; STATISTICAL HYPOTHESIS;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

EID: 37849026042     PISSN: 09639314     EISSN: 15731367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11219-007-9022-7     Document Type: Article

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