Achilles’ heel of plug-and-Play software architectures: a grounded theory based approach

Santos, Joanna C. S.; Sejfia, Adriana; Corrello, Taylor; Gadenkanahalli, Smruthi; Mirakhorli, Mehdi

doi:10.1145/3338906.3338969

“…Tamburri and Kazman (2018) recover software architectures by applying GT. Last, Santos et al (2019) study common vulnerabilities in plug-and-play architectures through GT.…”

Section: Research Approach: Constructivist Grounded Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

An Empirical Characterization of Event Sourced Systems and Their Schema Evolution -- Lessons from Industry

Overeem,

Spoor,

Jansen

et al. 2021

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Event sourced systems are increasing in popularity because they are reliable, flexible, and scalable. In this article, we point a microscope at a software architecture pattern that is rapidly gaining popularity in industry, but has not received as much attention from the scientific community. We do so through constructivist grounded theory, which proves a suitable qualitative method for extracting architectural knowledge from practitioners. Based on the discussion of 19 event sourced systems we explore the rationale for and the context of the event sourcing pattern. A description of the pattern itself and its relation to other patterns as discussed with practitioners is given. The description itself is grounded in the experience of 25 engineers, making it a reliable source for both new practitioners and scientists. We identify five challenges that practitioners experience: event system evolution, the steep learning curve, lack of available technology, rebuilding projections, and data privacy. For the first challenge of event system evolution, we uncover five tactics and solutions that support practitioners in their design choices when developing evolving event sourced systems: versioned events, weak schema, upcasting, in-place transformation, and copy-and-transform.

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“…Pluggable component-based architecture style (also known as plug-and-play architecture [60]) has been reported in two papers [61,62]. A pluggable component aims to extend the functionality of a core application [60,63].…”

Section: Pluggable Component-based Architecturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Pluggable component-based architecture style (also known as plug-and-play architecture [60]) has been reported in two papers [61,62]. A pluggable component aims to extend the functionality of a core application [60,63]. In a pluggable system, the core application is separated from the extensions (plug-ins) through a plug-in manager.…”

Section: Pluggable Component-based Architecturementioning

confidence: 99%

Architectural Design Space for Modelling and Simulation as a Service: A Review

Shahin

¹

,

Babar

²

,

Chauhan

³

2020

Journal of Systems and Software

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“…Tamburri & Kazman [241] recover software architectures by applying GT. Last, Santos et al [220] study common vulnerabilities in plug-and-play architectures through GT.…”

Section: Research Approach: Constructivist Grounded Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Evolution of Low-Code Platforms

Overeem¹

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Event sourced systems are increasing in popularity because they are reliable, flexible, and scalable. In this article, we point a microscope at a software architecture pattern that is rapidly gaining popularity in industry, but has not received as much attention from the scientific community. We do so through constructivist grounded theory, which proves a suitable qualitative method for extracting architectural knowledge from practitioners. Based on the discussion of 19 event sourced systems we explore the rationale for and the context of the event sourcing pattern. A description of the pattern itself and its relation to other patterns as discussed with practitioners is given. The description itself is grounded in the experience of 25 engineers, making it a reliable source for both new practitioners and scientists. We identify five challenges that practitioners experience: event system evolution, the steep learning curve, lack of available technology, rebuilding projections, and data privacy. For the first challenge of event system evolution, we uncover five tactics and solutions that support practitioners in their design choices when developing evolving event sourced systems: versioned events, weak schema, upcasting, in-place transformation, and copy-and-transform.

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Achilles’ heel of plug-and-Play software architectures: a grounded theory based approach

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An Empirical Characterization of Event Sourced Systems and Their Schema Evolution -- Lessons from Industry

An Empirical Characterization of Event Sourced Systems and Their Schema Evolution -- Lessons from Industry

Architectural Design Space for Modelling and Simulation as a Service: A Review

Evolution of Low-Code Platforms

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