Using an Architecture Reasoning Tool to Teach Software Architecture

McGregor, John D.; Bachman, Felix; Bass, Len; Bianco, Philip; Klein, Mark

doi:10.1109/cseet.2007.53

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“…Such studies are especially suitable to (a) show the general applicability of a design assistant and (b) identify potential influence factors on efficiency (or other attributes of interest). For example, Smith et al [20], Brosig et al [4], Huber et al [11], McGregor et al [16], as well as Lehrig and Zolynski [14] all conducted case studies in the context of architecture-level performance analyses; each revealing different influence factors that architects should consider in architecture-level performance models.…”

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Software Architecture Design Assistants Need Controlled Efficiency Experiments

Lehrig

Becker

2015

Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Future of Software Architecture Design Assistants

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Software architects use so-called software architecture design assistants to get tool-based, (semi-)automated support in engineering software systems. Compared to manual engineering, the main promise of such a support is that architects can create high-quality architectural designs more efficiently. Yet, current practice in evaluating whether this promise is kept is based on case studies conducted by the original authors of respective design assistants. The downside of such evaluations is that they are neither generalizable to thirdparty software architects nor can be used for quantitative efficiency comparisons between competing design assistants.To tackle this problem, we investigate how researchers can apply controlled experiments for evaluating the impact of software architecture design assistants on the efficiency of architects. For our investigation, we survey related controlled experiments. Based on this survey, we derive lessons learned in terms of best practices and challenges for such experiments.

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“…In this context, so-called software architecture design assistants (e.g., [18,17,16,13]) provide architects with a toolbased, (semi-)automated support in their engineering tasks. Compared to manual engineering, the main promise of such a support is that architects can create high-quality architectural designs more efficiently.…”

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Software Architecture Design Assistants Need Controlled Efficiency Experiments

Lehrig

Becker

2015

Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Future of Software Architecture Design Assistants

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“…To evaluate the quality of the model architects using a tool called Architecture Expert (RchE) [15], so students can used it to evaluate quality of the architected models, focusing in performance and modifiability qualities. These tool assist students to understanding qualities and how to apply and the impact of following different tactics.…”

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“…An innovated software architecture teaching approach using (VR, AR ) [16] technologies, so software architecture be more practical, attractive and enhance teaching and learning. In the approach software architecture elements (components, connectors, architecture patterns) are created and documented, using Augmented Reality to capture 2D architecture and using Virtual Reality to view, interact and simulate.…”

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Teaching Software Architecture Patterns Using ACME Language

Babeker¹

2020

Journal of Engineering Sciences and Information Technology

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Software Architecture is one of the most important courses, in computer science discipline. It has many branches all of them aimed to prepare students to be architects on the industry. But actually, there is a gap between what the students find on the theoretical courses and what they find on the industry. On other words, the practical experience differs from academic theory. So the question is how to prepare students to join the industry? Abstract nature of the software engineering courses as general and software architecture in a special manner, led to difficulties in understanding, this raises the second question, how to make these courses understandable? All previous studies focusing on these problems either by changing course curricula or by using software tools. This paper extension for the previous study [1] as we survey Architecture Description Languages (ADLs) and conclude that ACME is a general-purpose language and it may be suitable for use as practical part for software architecture curricula. We aimed to design a framework use, ACME language, use it as a practical part of the software architecture course and supporting on teaching, focus on architecture patterns, thus we use most common architecture patterns layer and Pipes-Filters, starting with a simple example and increase the complexity.

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“…The ArchE tool [25] works as an assistant to the software architect. Like PREViA, both students (who interact from suggestions made by the tool as the architectural design is created) and teachers (for teaching software architecture) can use it.…”

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A Study on the Application of the PREViA Approach in Modeling Education

Schots

Rodrigues

Werner

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2010 XXIX International Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society

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Creation, interpretation, and evolution of models and diagrams are activities commonly performed in software projects, and the teaching of such activities is fundamental for software engineering education. However, it is difficult to see the changes made in model corrections, evolutions, or maintenance done by the student, as well as by the teacher, comparing templates and different solutions. In this regard, this paper presents the use of the PREViA approach, which aims at visualizing software architecture models. This work focuses on supporting teaching and learning in the modeling education context. A feasibility study was conducted and its results provided positive evidences of the use of the approach in the correction of diagrams.

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Using an Architecture Reasoning Tool to Teach Software Architecture

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Software Architecture Design Assistants Need Controlled Efficiency Experiments

Software Architecture Design Assistants Need Controlled Efficiency Experiments

Teaching Software Architecture Patterns Using ACME Language

A Study on the Application of the PREViA Approach in Modeling Education

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