Untangling the Knot
• Presentation
This poster, presented by James Ivers at Research Review 2024, highlights key insights, methods, and findings in software engineering practice and innovation.
Publisher
Software Engineering Institute
Abstract
Software structure becomes entangled over time, eroding traits like modularity. Automated refactoring can improve the modularity of software at low cost.
Summary
Refactoring software to improve its modularity enables
- capability reuse
- migration to cloud or microservices
- containerizing software
- development efficiency
Solution
We created a refactoring assistant that analyzes existing code and generates recommendations for refactoring to improve modularity. The assistant
- solves application-specific problems
- identifies common code used by multiple features or services
- provides teams with options
- works with Java, C#, and C/C++