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Developing maintainable software
Developing maintainable software Guides … uptake and use. We can advise you on the design and development of maintainable software that will benefit both … Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology defines maintainability as: "The ease with which a software …
Read moreTop tips for porting an application to a computing infrastructure
… Or, it may be new to you. It is always useful, in any software development or deployment activity, to plan for unforeseen … to detect, or solve, them. 6. Assess the stability and maintainability of other software You may find that you …
Read moreMaintaining your legacy - tips for making legacy code sustainable
… reproducible as it changes through time. Undoubtedly, the software developers amongst us will have had the painful … Perhaps the largest barrier to improving the maintainability of legacy code is finding the motivation, … done to start the transition towards sustainable software development. Capture the current output of the …
Read moreDev8D 2012
… 2012 Event website . Report by Mike Jackson, The Software Sustainability Institute, EPCC, The University of … 2012 or other events. These could be themed (e.g. openness, maintainability, testing) or generic. SSI T-shirts would … in HTML. There is also a Python API. It's currently under development at The University of Southampton and powers much …
Read moreHelping to tame the OGSA-DAI Workbench
… The impact OGSA-DAI is software for managing data that is distributed over … makes it easier to download and start the software. The maintainability was addressed by developing OGSA-DAI to use … workbench was made more usable and maintainable and an open development process was adopted to make the software more …
Read moreAreas of expertise
Areas of expertise The Software Sustainability Institute has expertise in a wide … to software sustainability Software and software development Software sustainability (in general) Software preservation Software maintainability Managing sustainability into software …
Read moreSoftware Evaluation Guide
Software Evaluation Guide … the general usability, and can identify technical or development issues, as well as any barriers to … assessment of the software in terms of sustainability, maintainability, and usability. This can inform high-level …
Read moreSoftware development: general best practice
Software development: general best practice … By Steve Crouch and Mike Jackson. How to approach a new software-development project, and what to keep in mind … that you make your software maintainable. For tips on maintainability, read our guide How to develop …
Read moreParallel sustainability with TPLS
… By Mike Jackson , Software Architect, Iain Bethune , EPCC , The … a number of researcher-specific versions of TPLS under development. Whether or not these are held under revision … are working with TPLS to help to improve the usability, maintainability and sustainability of TPLS. The Institute's …
Read moreSoftware design in just 20 questions
Software design in just 20 questions Posted … automated service to provide guidance on research software development across a number of topics, and we're seeking … on aspects of software design, testing, documentation, maintainability, and the use of version control. …
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