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Concise and consistent naming
Approximately 70 % of the source code of a software system consists of identifiers. Hence, the names chosen as identifiers are of paramount importance for the readability of computer programs and therewith their comprehensibility. However, virtually every programming language allows programmers to use almost arbitrary sequences of characters as identifiers which far too often results in more or less meaningless or even misleading naming. Coding style guides address this problem but are usually limited to general and hard to enforce rules like âidentifiers should be self-describingâ. This paper renders adequate identifier naming far more precisely. A formal model, based on bijective mappings between concepts and names, provides a solid foundation for the definition of precise rules for concise and consistent naming. The enforcement of these rules is supported by a tool that incrementally builds and maintains a complete identifier dictionary while the system is being developed. The identifier dictionary explains the language used in the software system, aids in consistent naming, and improves productivity of programmers by proposing suitable names depending on the current context
Eine Forschungsagenda fĂŒr SoftwarequalitĂ€t
SoftwarequalitĂ€t ist fĂŒr die Praxis, gerade in einem Technologiestandort wie Deutschland, eine groĂe Chance aber auch eine enorme Herausforderung. QualitĂ€tsfragen haben einen starken wirtschaftlichen EinfluĂ, aber durch die KomplexitĂ€t und Vielschichtigkeit von QualitĂ€t sind sie schwer greifbar. Diese Papier stellt das Ergebnis der Diskussionen von QualitĂ€tsexperten aus Forschung und Praxis dar, welche Fragestellungen in der Zukunft am dringlichsten im Bereich der SoftwarequalitĂ€t bearbeitet werden mĂŒssen, damit sowohl der Stand der Forschung als auch der Technik entscheidend verbessert werden kann