Aimar, A

Aimar, M

Khodabandeh, A

Palazzi, Paolo

Rousseau, B

Ruggier, M

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OPEN-99-24714/10/99A. AimarCERN, ECP/PTCHEP’95 - Sept. 95LGHTLIfe cycle Global HyperTextUsing WWW to improve softwaredevelopment and maintenanceApplication of the LIGHT system to ALEPH programs.Alberto AimarECP DivisionProgramming Techniques GroupA. AimarCERN, ECP/PTCHEP’95 - Sept. 951The AuthorsCERN/ECP, Programming Techniques Group•Alberto Aimar•Marco Aimar•Arash Khodabandeh•Paolo Palazzi•Bertrand Rousseau•Mario RuggierCERN/PPE, ALEPH Group•Pere Comas-Illas•Marco CattaneoLIGHT- LIfe cycle Global HyperTextA. AimarCERN, ECP/PTCHEP’95 - Sept. 952Contents•Documentation for Software Development•The LIGHT Solution•A Demonstration•Requirements and Technology•Status and Future ProjectsLIGHT- LIfe cycle Global HyperTextA. AimarCERN, ECP/PTCHEP’95 - Sept. 953The ProblemSizeComplexityDistributionSoftware DocumentationA. AimarCERN, ECP/PTCHEP’95 - Sept. 954Handling the SizeJULIACodeCERNLIBManualALEPHLIBHelpBOSManualJULIAManualADAMOManualBOSBanksJULIAHelpALEPHDDLGuideGuide226 p283 p360 p40 p402 p110 Klines1221 p25 Klines28 p> 1000 pDocumentation for Software DevelopmentA. AimarCERN, ECP/PTCHEP’95 - Sept. 955Handling the ComplexityF77CodeCERNLIBManualALEPHLIBManualBOSManualJULIAManualADAMOManualBOSBanksDataDiagramsALEPHDDLDocumentation for Software DevelopmentA. AimarCERN, ECP/PTCHEP’95 - Sept. 956Handling the DistributionALEPH: 600 scientists and engineers30 institutes12 countriesDocumentation for Software DevelopmentA. AimarCERN, ECP/PTCHEP’95 - Sept. 957The LIGHT SolutionRequirementsDefinitionAnalysisDesignCodingWord ProcessorCASE ToolCASE ToolDev. EnvironmentTest ToolUser RequirementsDiagramsCodeTest ReportDiagramsWord ProcessorReference ManualDocumentationTestingLGHTWebLIGHT- LIfe cycle Global HyperTextA. AimarCERN, ECP/PTCHEP’95 - Sept. 958JULIA/LIGHT Navigation MapA demonstration of LIGHTADAMOManualJuliaCodeJULIAManualBOSManualALEPHLIBHelpBOSBanksDataDiagramsALEPHDDLALEPHLIBCodeDataGuideJULIAHelpGuideHBOOKManualA. AimarCERN, ECP/PTCHEP’95 - Sept. 959Requirements and Technology•Conversion to HTMLAbility to convert source code, text and graphics•GenericityAbility to easily add new converters•Automatic Cross-ConnectionAbility to connect several documents with hypertext links•ConfigurabilityAbility to configure the connectivity, depending on the kind ofapplication•Incremental UpdateEasy update of a document, without needing a reconversion ofall other documentsLIGHT- LIfe cycle Global HyperTextA. AimarCERN, ECP/PTCHEP’95 - Sept. 9510Design of LIGHTF77OMTLaTeXWebF77ParserOMToolParserLaTexto HTMLLIGHTGeneratorConfigurationWWW browserLIGHTSolver WWW ServerC++ParserWebMakerLIGHTDictionariesSourceDocumentsRequirements and TechnologyA. AimarCERN, ECP/PTCHEP’95 - Sept. 9511The LIGHT Dictionary FileName:TextincludescontainsObjectName:TextType:TextStartsAt:IntEndsAt:IntTokenName:TextType:TextStartsAt:IntEndsAt:IntcontainscontainscontainsModuleName:TextLIGHTDictionaryRequirements and TechnologyA. AimarCERN, ECP/PTCHEP’95 - Sept. 9512The LIGHT Generator•Takes as input the LIGHT Dictionaries and the SourceDocuments•Splits the Original Documents into smaller pieces•Generates HTML Markup and Hypertext Links•Is Driven by a Configuration ProgramIn MODULE “JULIA Source Code”, linkTOKENS of NAME $1 and of TYPE “Routine Call” toTOKENS of NAME $1 and of TYPE “Routine Description”in MODULE “HBOOK Reference Manual”Requirements and TechnologyA. AimarCERN, ECP/PTCHEP’95 - Sept. 9513The LIGHT SolverALEPHJULIAUser ManualJULIASource CodeData ModelName = CPARType = Entity DeclarationModule = ALEPH Data ModelName = RECONSType = Routine DeclarationModule = JULIA User ManualRequirements and TechnologyA. AimarCERN, ECP/PTCHEP’95 - Sept. 9514Further Projects•Extend LIGHT to Interactive Access to Physics data•Develop new LIGHT Parsers (e.g. C++)•Allow HTML Generation “on the fly”•Couple LIGHT with Software Development Tools-Source Code Managers (e.g. CVS),-Programming Environments (e.g. SNIFF),-CASE Tools (e.g. Rational ROSE) ...•Work towards Collaborative Software DevelopmentLIGHT- LIfe cycle Global HyperTextA. AimarCERN, ECP/PTCHEP’95 - Sept. 9515Conclusion•LIGHT improves reading and navigation in JULIA•The LIGHT architecture is applicable to other softwareprojects•LIGHT can be coupled with software toolsLIGHT- LIfe cycle Global HyperText

Using WWW to improve software development and maintenance: application of the light system to ALEPH programs

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