Impact of Aspect-Oriented Programming on the Quality of Novices’ Programs: A Comparative Study

Aspect-oriented programming has been introduced in order to increase the modularity of object-oriented programs and is claimed to improve software quality. Although there are various researches on this claim, the question to what extent aspect-oriented programming improves the quality of programs de...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Information and Organizational Sciences Jg. 37; H. 1; S. 45 - 61
Hauptverfasser: Katić, Marija, Botički, Ivica, Fertalj, Krešimir
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Varazdin Faculty of organization and informatics, University of Zagreb 01.06.2013
Fakultet organizacije i informatike, Sveučilište u Zagrebu
Sveuciliste u Zagrebu, Fakultet Organizacije i Informatike
University of Zagreb, Faculty of organization and informatics
Schlagworte:
Aspect-oriented programming
Comparative studies
Computer programming
Computer programs
Flexibility
ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Maintainability
Modularity
Novice programmer
Object oriented
Object oriented programming
Object-oriented languages
Programming
Quality assessment
Software
Software quality
Software quality assessment
Software reuse
Students
Aspectoriented programming
Software quality assessment
Novice programmer
ISSN:1846-3312, 1846-9418
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Zusammenfassung:Aspect-oriented programming has been introduced in order to increase the modularity of object-oriented programs and is claimed to improve software quality. Although there are various researches on this claim, the question to what extent aspect-oriented programming improves the quality of programs depending on a developer’s experience still remains. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether aspect-oriented programming used by novice programmers improves the quality of programs, in terms of software flexibility and readability (consequently reusability and maintainability as well). As a part of an undergraduate course in programming paradigms and languages, a systematic comparison between students’ object-oriented and aspect-oriented solutions of the same problem was driven. In order to drive this comparison we have established the basis for the development of the new quality assessment model consisting of software metrics for an objective evaluation and student survey for subjective evaluation. The results show that the use of aspect-oriented programming lead to novices’ programs that are easier to change and read (flexible and readable) compared to object-oriented programs. What is more, administered survey showed that students perceive their programs as more flexible and readable.
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ISSN:1846-3312
1846-9418