On the use of visualization for supporting software reuse
Marcelo Schots · 2014
Reuse is present in the daily routine of software developers, yet mostly in an ad-hoc or pragmatic way. Reuse practices allow for reducing the time and effort spent on software development. However, organizations struggle in beginning and coping with a reuse program. The APPRAiSER environment, proposed in this work, aims at providing reuse awareness according to each stakeholder’s needs for performing reuse-related tasks, by providing appropriate software visualization mechanisms. The long-term goal is to help introducing, instigating, establishing and monitoring software reuse initiatives, by decreasing the effort and time spent by stakeholders in performing reuse tasks.