Maintaining Code
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The document discusses reasons for maintaining and modifying software solutions such as changing user requirements, upgrading interfaces, introducing new hardware/software, changes in organizational focus or government requirements, and improving poorly implemented code. It also outlines features that improve a code's maintainability like meaningful variable names, comments, standard structures, and logical subroutines. Maintainability is important so software can adapt to changing needs and standards over time.
Maintaining Code
- 1. Mo!fying So"ware Solutions A topic in an hour
- 2. Please write the following comments on your syllabus Algorithms Explicit integrate Reverse Changing engineer System Meaningful Standards Comments Data Indentation Outsource
- 3. Why did we write them down? Whe’re playing
- 4. Reasons for Maintenance Co!ng Changing user requirements Eg, Microsoft Word...people want to add pictures, graphs, charts, integrate excel spreadsheets, essentially...desktop publish Even clip art
- 6. Upgrading the user interface
- 7. Changes in the data to be processed Format from one system can be often need to be implemented into another system. If this data changes, you may need to change the new system.
- 8. Introduction of new hardware or soft ware Introduction of new peripherals. Eg, scanners need scanner drivers, printers need printer drivers USB Drives a major introduction in the past 4 years. Introduction of new standards of saving files Sometimes, just to be competitive
- 9. Changing organisational focus A company creates an program where they hire book-keepers to do their books OR A company that decides to outsource their book- keeping and only needs to enter sales/expenses
- 10. Changes in government requirements
- 12. Social and ethical Implications Plaigarism You can’t reverse engineer code You must reference any code that you use Open source restrictions
- 13. Features in source code that improve it’s maintainability Use of variables instead of values. Radius=3 Circumference = 2 * Pi * Radius instead of Circumference =2 * Pi * 3
- 14. Features in source code that improve it’s maintainability Meaningful Variable Names Bob=3 c1 = 2 * Stuff * Bob instead of Circumference =2 * Pi * Radius
- 15. Features in source code that improve it’s maintainability Explaination comments in code Circumference =2 * Pi * Radius //radius is the distance from the centre to one edge, input by the user in a text box. Declared on form 1
- 16. Features in source code that improve it’s maintainability Use of Standard Control Structures For (i= 1 to 10) Bob = i + 1; Next i OR Bob =i + 1 Go to line 10 until i =10
- 17. Features in source code that improve it’s maintainability A clear and uncluttered program Use of indentation! /*Simple HelloButton()method version 1.0 author JohnDoe*/ HelloButton(){JButton hello=new JButton (“Hello World”);hello.addActionListener( new HellowBtnList) JFrame frame=newFrame(“Hello Button”); Container pane = frame.getContentPane(); pane.add(hello);
- 19. Features in source code that improve it’s maintainability One logical task per subroutine! This means that subroutines can be reused for different things within other programs and also If say, data changes, you don’t have to get rid of every process, only those that have to do with saving in that format.
- 20. Interpretation Documentation of the process, and product should be availiable for developers to interpret code. Documentation can be: Internal or External External can be based around: Development : for developers by developers Use: for users by developers
- 21. Algorithms (and IPO) are the best things to look back to to be able to understand and modify code Sometimes, when algorithms are not stored they need to be rewritten to understand: Inputs Types of Variables Processes Outputs
- 22. Use supplied documentation to Identify how control structures have been used Explain how variables have been used. Documentation: The following is a piece of code supplied to you. You need to: Convert the code to an algorithm
- 23. code For J=0 to Last ThisChar=textEntry.Text.Chars(J) If IsLetter(ThisChar) or ThisChar “ ‘ “ If Not InAWord Then WordCount +=1 End If InAWord=True Else InAWord=False End If Next J
- 24. What was all this about again? Coding so that it is easier for people to modify, making your code explicit Being able to modify other people’s code