An empirical investigation of the effect of education and tools on software reusability

An empirical investigation of software reuse has shown that programmers, untrained in reuse, cannot accurately assess the worth of reusing software components and do not understand which features contribute most significantly to the cost of software reuse. The authors report the results of a follow-...

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Main Authors: Smart, P.F., Woodfield, S.N., Embley, D.W., Scott, D.T.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Costs
Educational products
Educational programs
Object oriented programming
Productivity
Programming profession
Software libraries
Software reusability
Software systems
Software tools
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Summary:An empirical investigation of software reuse has shown that programmers, untrained in reuse, cannot accurately assess the worth of reusing software components and do not understand which features contribute most significantly to the cost of software reuse. The authors report the results of a follow-on investigation and show that education and assessment tools help. However, education and tools must be properly administered. Education should precede the use of tools and tools should provide only the information needed.< >
DOI:10.1109/PCCC.1988.10075