Ch9: Software Engineering Tools and Environments

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Outline

How did the field evolve? How can tools and environments be classified and

compared? What are the main categories? How can tools be integrated? What motivates new tools/environments?

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Historical evolution

Dominant factors affecting evolution

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Examples of technological developments

Advances in graphical displays and user interfaces

Advances in distributed systems

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Evolution

Individual tools:

Integrated environments,

Open environments

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Dimensions for comparison

Interaction mode

Interface format

Level of formality

Dependency on phase of life cycle

Degree of standardization

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Dimensions of comparison (contd..)

Static vs. dynamic

Language dependency

Development tools vs. end-product components

Single-user vs. multi-user

Single-machine vs. network-aware

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Representative tools

Editors:

Linkers:

Interpreters:

Code generators:

Debuggers:

Software testing tools:

Static analyzers:

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Representative tools

GUI tools:

User interface management systems

Configuration management (CVS/make):

Tracking tools

Reverse/reengineering tools:

Process support:

Management

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Tool integration

Data integration approach

Control integration approach

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Forces influencing tool evolution

To support: