EVALUATING A FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF EVOLVING APPLICATIONS AS A SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE TOOL

Georgios Voulalas, Georgios Evangelidis

2009

Abstract

In our previous research we have presented a framework for the development and deployment of web-based applications. The framework enables the operation of multiple applications within a single installation and supports runtime evolution by dynamically recompiling classes based on the source code that is retrieved from the database. The feasibility of our solution has been successfully verified with the use of an architectural prototype. Given the importance of the maintenance activities in the software lifecycle, in this paper we are going to evaluate our framework as a software maintenance tool and position it in the domain of software evolution with a use of a related taxonomy.

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Voulalas G. and Evangelidis G. (2009). EVALUATING A FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF EVOLVING APPLICATIONS AS A SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE TOOL . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT, ISBN 978-989-674-009-2, pages 31-38. DOI: 10.5220/0002250700310038


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@conference{icsoft09,
author={Georgios Voulalas and Georgios Evangelidis},
title={EVALUATING A FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF EVOLVING APPLICATIONS AS A SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE TOOL},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT,},
year={2009},
pages={31-38},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002250700310038},
isbn={978-989-674-009-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT,
TI - EVALUATING A FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF EVOLVING APPLICATIONS AS A SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE TOOL
SN - 978-989-674-009-2
AU - Voulalas G.
AU - Evangelidis G.
PY - 2009
SP - 31
EP - 38
DO - 10.5220/0002250700310038