Understanding the compliance of Refactoring with Maintenance
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It is a belief that it is harder to maintain a code than writing a new code. The software maintenance comes into picture after the code has been delivered. The purpose of maintenance is to remove bugs, improve performance and design and adding new features to the existing system. The process of Refactoring helps in improving software’s internal structure without altering its external behaviour. It is also a part of Maintenance activity. Another belief is that Refactoring improves software design by making it more extensible and flexible. This paper presents a study of the case studies already performed in order to show the compliance of Refactoring activity with the Maintenance Phase.
Keywords: Software Maintenance, Refactoring, Quantification.
Keywords: Software Maintenance, Refactoring, Quantification.
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