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For software reuse to become a reality, the concept of reuse must be presented in a practical context. A practical context must focus on the use of reusable components to develop systems in well understood domains. “Write-only” software libraries will do nothing to accomplish the potential gain of reuse. Generic libraries of components will also provide little gain. This paper discusses a five lesson section covering reuse in a software generation and maintenance course. The course is part of a program designed to educate working professionals in software engineering. The reuse lessons focus on all aspects of reusing software components, from the development of a domain model through to the construction of systems. This paper also describes the homework and project tasks used to reinforce the lesson material.
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Cardow, J.E., Watson, W.D. (1993). A practical approach to teaching software reuse. In: Díaz-Herrera, J.L. (eds) Software Engineering Education. CSEE 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 750. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0017638
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