A survey of experienced user perceptions about software design patterns

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 822-835

  Zhang, Cheng ^a   Budgen, David ^b  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Software design; Software design patterns; Survey

Indexed keywords

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; SURVEYING; SURVEYS;

EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; KNOWLEDGE SCHEMAS; SOFTWARE DESIGN PATTERNS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; USER PERCEPTIONS; WEB-BASED SURVEYS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84875216131     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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