Disciplined design practices: a role for refactoring in software engineering?

Authors:
Tony Clear
Affiliations:
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Venue:
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2005

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Abstract

Reflecting upon the recent experience of teaching our undergraduate software engineering course has caused me to revisit several questions at the core of the discipline. What is the essence of software design, how should it be taught and how does it relate to software engineering?