Measuring Complexity and Stability of Web Programs�

Software maintenance engineers spend at least half of their time trying to understand the system they are to modify. This is due partially to the fact that often the only documentation available is the source code itself. The literate programming paradigm provides the incentive and the capability to produce high quality documentation and code simultaneously. The goal is to create "works of literature" which have all the extras (table of contents, cross references, and indices) to help readers to comprehend the programs quickly and thoroughly. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the similarities and differences in measurements of complexity and stability of literate programs compared to those of traditionally developed code.Computer Scienc