623.824 (21W) Current Topics in Software Engineering: Software Evolution/Reengineering
Overview
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- Lecturer
- Course title german Current Topics in Software Engineering: Software Evolution/Reengineering
- Type Lecture - Course (continuous assessment course )
- Course model Attendance-based course
- Hours per Week 2.0
- ECTS credits 4.0
- Registrations 14 (30 max.)
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction English
- Course begins on 04.10.2021
- eLearning Go to Moodle course
Time and place
Course Information
Intended learning outcomes
After completing this course students will be able to:
- Explain state-of-the-art techniques and tools in software re-engineering;
- Explain and apply best practices to analyze and understand existing software systems;
- Use heuristics and tools to detect shortcomings in the design and implementation of software systems;
- Apply tests and re-factoring techniques to systematically remove these shortcomings;
Teaching methodology
Classes, lab work (two practical assignments to be solved in teams of two students), presentation and discussion of the lab work.
Course content
Software evolution refers to the process of developing software by repeatedly updating it. Software Reengineering is one of the key tasks to evolve software systems by restructuring a software system to fix real or perceived problems in preparation for further development and extension of the system. This course is on theories and best practices of re-engineering and the application of them in the re-engineering lab. The following topics will be addressed in this course:
- Reverse Engineering
- Software visualization
- Code smells and evolution
- OO design principles and violations
- Code smell detection
- Refactoring
- Software testing for re-engineering
Literature
Object-Oriented Reengineering Patterns, Serge Demeyer, Stephane Ducasse, and Oscar Nierstrasz, 2008
Object-Oriented Metrics in Practice, Michele Lanza and Radu Marinescu, Springer, 2006
Refactoring for Software Design Smells, Girish Suryanarayana, Ganesh Samarthyam, Tushar Shara, Morgan Kaufmann, 2015.
Working Effectively with Legacy Code, Michael Feathers, Prentice Hall, 2004
Additional Literature:
Code as a Crime Scene, Adam Tornhill, The Pragmatic Programmers, 2015.
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code, Martin Fowler. Addison-Wesley Professional, 2nd edition, 2018.
Refactoring to Patterns, Joshya Kerievsky, Addison-Wesley Professional, 2004.
Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices, Robert C. Martin, Prentice Hall, 2002.
Examination information
Examination methodology
Two written reports and two presentations.
Examination topic(s)
Two lab assignments:
- Reverse engineering and problem detection
- Testing and refactoring
Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations
Quality of the solutions, written report, and presentation of the two lab assignments. Each lab assignment contributes 50% to the final grade.
Grading scheme
Grade / Grade grading schemePosition in the curriculum
- Master's degree programme Applied Informatics
(SKZ: 911, Version: 13W.1)
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Subject: Software Engineering
(Compulsory elective)
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Current Topics in Software Engineering: Software Evolution (
2.0h VK / 4.0 ECTS)
- 623.824 Current Topics in Software Engineering: Software Evolution/Reengineering (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
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Current Topics in Software Engineering: Software Evolution (
2.0h VK / 4.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Software Engineering
(Compulsory elective)
- Master's degree programme Informatics
(SKZ: 911, Version: 19W.2)
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Subject: Software Engineering
(Compulsory elective)
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Weitere LVen aus dem gewählten Spezialisierungsfach (
0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
- 623.824 Current Topics in Software Engineering: Software Evolution/Reengineering (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 1., 2. Semester empfohlen
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Weitere LVen aus dem gewählten Spezialisierungsfach (
0.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Software Engineering
(Compulsory elective)
- Master's degree programme Information Management
(SKZ: 922, Version: 19W.1)
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Subject: Specialisation in Information Management
(Compulsory elective)
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Specialisation in Information Management (
0.0h VO, VC, KS / 16.0 ECTS)
- 623.824 Current Topics in Software Engineering: Software Evolution/Reengineering (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3. Semester empfohlen
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Specialisation in Information Management (
0.0h VO, VC, KS / 16.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Specialisation in Information Management
(Compulsory elective)
Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts
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Wintersemester 2023/24
- 623.824 VC Current Topics in Software Engineering: Software Evolution/Reengineering (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2022/23
- 623.824 VC Current Topics in Software Engineering: Software Evolution/Reengineering (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2020/21
- 623.824 VC Current Topics in Software Engineering: Software Evolution/Reengineering (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2019/20
- 623.824 VC Current Topics in Software Engineering: Software Evolution/Reengineering (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2018/19
- 623.824 VC Current Topics in Software Engineering: Software Evolution (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2017
- 623.824 VC Current Topics in Software Engineering: Software Evolution (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)