Paper Info
Title
Testing Consequences of Grime Buildup in Object Oriented Design Patterns
Abstract
Evidence suggests that as software ages the original realizations of design patterns remain in place, and participants in design pattern realizations accumulate “grime” – non-pattern-related code. This research examines the consequences that grime buildup has on the testability of general purpose design patterns. Test cases put in place during the design phase and initial implementation of a project can become ineffective as the system matures. The evolution of a design due to added functionality or defect fixing increases the coupling and dependencies between many classes that must be tested. We show that as systems age, the growth of grime and the appearance of anti-patterns increase testing requirements. Early recognition and removal of grime and anti-patterns can potentially improve system testability.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1109/ICST.2008.27
ICST
Keywords
Field
DocType
grime buildup,design pattern,object oriented design patterns,testing consequences,general purpose design pattern,added functionality,system testability,early recognition,design phase,design pattern realization,initial implementation,anti-patterns increase testing requirement,software testing,aging,computer science,object oriented,design patterns,software systems,testing,anti patterns,decay,frequency,impedance,object oriented programming,fault detection,history,system testing,object oriented design
Testability,General purpose,Object-oriented programming,Computer science,Object oriented design patterns,Software design pattern,Real-time computing,Software,Test case,Reliability engineering,Design pattern
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
17
0.73
7
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Clemente Izurieta131923.29
James M. Bieman21237121.36