Software Maintenance and Evolution.

Catalog description

This course examines methodologies and practices for maintaining and evolving software systems in dynamic environments. Students learn techniques for analyzing, modifying, and modernizing legacy systems, including software re-engineering and data reverse engineering. Core topics include refactoring strategies, technical debt management, code quality metrics, and architectural transformation patterns. The course emphasizes designing maintainable software through modular design, clean code principles, documentation practices, and automated testing. Students explore strategies for incremental modernization, system migration (cloud transitions, containerization), and continuous evolution. Topics include change impact analysis, regression testing, version control strategies, and maintaining backward compatibility. Through hands-on projects, students apply tools for code analysis, documentation generation, and automated refactoring while developing skills in evaluating software for change and validating modifications in production environments (Spring) Prerequisite: EG3362.