Comprehension and Maintenance of Large-Scale Multi-Language Software Applications

Authors:
Kostas Kontogiannis;Panos Linos;Kenny Wong
Affiliations:
University of Waterloo, Canada;Butler University, USA;University of Alberta, Canada
Venue:
ICSM '06 Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance
Year:
2006

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Abstract

During the last decade, the number of software applications that have been deployed as a set of components built using different programming languages and paradigms has increased considerably. When such applications are maintained, traditional program comprehension and reengineering techniques may not be adequate. Hence, this working session aims to stimulate discussion around key issues relating to the comprehension, reengineering, and maintenance of multi-language software applications. Such issues include, but are not limited to, the formalization, management, exploration, and presentation of multi-language program dependencies, as well as the development of practical toolsets to automate and ease the comprehension and maintenance of multi-language software.