Reuse is Not Done in a Vacuum

This position paper describes the reuse space in five dimensions which are more or less orthogonal. With this description in mind we discuss when and how to learn reusable components and how to apply them. From this discussion we will conclude an operational environment for reuse. Keywords: description of kinds of reuse, components-based reuse, to learn components, application of components Workshop Goals: getting and giving feedback; networking; Working Groups: reuse process models, reuse education. quotation from Larry Latour, reuse workshop Pittsburgh 1989 Dusink- 1 Background The interest for reuse dates from the time that an Ada program library had to be built by our group. This means that we started from a component-oriented view on reuse. In this view reuse has two sides: the making of reusable components and the reuse of them. Of course, they both influence one another. With these ideas in mind a two-track research was started. One track working on the form and represen..