Name
Abstract | ||
|---|---|---|
Software productivity and quality will increase as we improve our model of software and develop tools to support that model. Development environments must take into account that software is more than source; that it is more than text; and that it forms a highly interconnected web of information. Because more time is spent understanding and maintaining software than creating it, environments should strongly support browsing and reading. Finally, environments must be easy to customize.In this paper we present HyperWeb, a framework that supports the construction of hypermedia-based software development environments having this richer view of software. It coordinates the activities of an integrated set of tools through a message server, uses an object-oriented database to store software artifacts, and supports hypermedia linking of these software artifacts. It is built around an interpreter for a general purpose scripting language, allowing for very flexible customization and environment building. We also describe our experience in using it to build an environment that supports software design, development and maintenance on Unix. Its primary features include support for document linking, source code annotation and restructuring, and modification request tracking. It is being used and evaluated internally and at several external sites. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
1992 | 10.1145/142882.142899 | ACM Sigsoft Software Engineering Notes |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
software artifact,flexible customization,general purpose,source code annotation,software productivity,software design,environment building,development environment,hypermedia-based environment,external site,hypermedia-based software development environment,source code,software development environment,scripting language | Software analytics,Software engineering,Package development process,Computer science,Human–computer interaction,Backporting,Component-based software engineering,Software construction,Software framework,Software development,Social software engineering | Conference |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
17 | 5 | 0163-5948 |
ISBN | Citations | PageRank |
0-89791-554-2 | 21 | 1.33 |
References | Authors | |
10 | 7 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| James C. Ferrans | 1 | 29 | 3.88 |
| David W. Hurst | 2 | 21 | 1.33 |
| Michael A. Sennett | 3 | 21 | 1.33 |
| Burton M. Covnot | 4 | 21 | 1.33 |
| Wenguang Ji | 5 | 57 | 34.77 |
| Peter Kajka | 6 | 21 | 1.33 |
| Wei Ouyang | 7 | 29 | 1.82 |