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Architectural Refactoring: A Task-Centric View on Software Evolution

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Olaf ZimmermannAuthors Info & Claims

IEEE Software, Volume 32, Issue 2

Pages 26 - 29

https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2015.37

Published: 01 March 2015 Publication History

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A refactoring aims to improve a certain quality while preserving others. For example, code refactoring restructures code to make it more maintainable without changing its observable behavior. Given the success of code refactoring, it's surprising that architectural refactoring (AR) hasn't taken off yet. This article examines AR from a new angle: as an evolution technique that revisits architectural decisions and identifies related design, implementation, and documentation tasks.

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Architectural Refactoring: A Task-Centric View on Software Evolution
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Software management
        Software maintenance
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software post-development issues
      1. Software reverse engineering
  2. Software notations and tools

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IEEE Software Volume 32, Issue 2

Mar.-Apr. 2015

109 pages

ISSN:0740-7459

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Stocker MZimmermann O(2023)API Refactoring to Patterns: Catalog, Template and Tools for Remote Interface EvolutionProceedings of the 28th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs10.1145/3628034.3628073(1-32)Online publication date: 5-Jul-2023
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