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AuthorAbdeen, Hani
AuthorShata, Osama
AuthorErradi, Abdelkarim
Available date2023-04-10T09:10:03Z
Publication Date2013
Publication Name2013 5th International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology, CSIT 2013 - Proceedings
ResourceScopus
URIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CSIT.2013.6588778
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/41789
AbstractInterfaces are recognized as an important mechanism to define contracts governing interactions between semi-independent software modules. Well-designed interfaces significantly reduce software complexity and ease maintainability by fostering modularization, hiding implementation details and minimizing the impact caused by changes in the software implementation. However, designing good interfaces is not a trivial task. The presence of interface design defects often yield increased development cost, lower code quality and reduced development productivity. Despite their importance, currently there are only a few research efforts that investigate the quality of interface design. In this paper, we identify and characterize common interface design anomalies and illustrate them via examples taken from well-known open source applications. In order to quantify the presence of interface design anomalies and estimate their impact on the interface design quality, as well on the software quality attributes, such as maintainability, we conduct an empirical study covering 9 open source projects. Building on our empirical results, we develop a set of recommendations to improve interface design. 2013 IEEE.
Languageen
PublisherIEEE
SubjectDuplicate Interfaces
Interface Cohesion
Interface Design Anomalies
Interface Design Quality
Software Interfaces
Unused Interfaces
TitleSoftware interfaces: On the impact of interface design anomalies
TypeConference Paper
Pagination184-193
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