Experiences with Constructing and Evolving a Software Product Line with Delta-Oriented Programming

Michael Nieke; Adrian Hoff; Ina Schaefer; Christoph Seidl

doi:10.1145/3510466.3511271

Experiences with Constructing and Evolving a Software Product Line with Delta-Oriented Programming

Michael Nieke
, Adrian Hoff
, Ina Schaefer
, Christoph Seidl

Software Quality Research

Technical University of Braunschweig

Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

Abstract

A Software Product Line (SPL) captures families of closely related software variants. The configuration options of an SPL are represented by features. Typically, SPLs are developed in a featurecentric manner and, thus, require different development methods and technologies from developing software products individually. For developers of single systems, this means a shift in paradigm and technology. Especially with invasive variability realization mechanisms, such as Delta-Oriented Programming (DOP), centering development around configurable features realized via source code transformation is commonly expected to pose an obstacle, but concrete experience reports are lacking. In this paper, we investigate how DOP and cutting-edge SPL development tools are picked up by non-expert developers. To this end, we report on our experiences from a student capstone SPL development project. Our results show that participants find easy access to SPL development concepts and tools. Based on our observations and the participants’ practices, we define guidelines for developers using DOP.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 16th International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VAMOS ’22)
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3510466.3511271
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	International Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems - Florence, Italy Duration: 23 Feb 2022 → 25 Feb 2022 Conference number: 16 https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3510466

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems
Number	16
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Florence
Period	23/02/2022 → 25/02/2022
Internet address	https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3510466

Series	International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VAMOS)

Keywords

Software Product Line
Feature-centric Development
Delta-Oriented Programming
Variability Realization
SPL Development Tools

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ISA: Immersive Software Archaeology – Guided Exploration of Legacy Systems in 3D Virtual Reality
Seidl, C. (PI), Lungu, M. (CoI) & Hoff, A. (CoI)
Independent Research Fund Denmark
01/07/2020 → 30/06/2024
Project: Research

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Nieke, Michael ; Hoff, Adrian ; Schaefer, Ina et al. / Experiences with Constructing and Evolving a Software Product Line with Delta-Oriented Programming. Proceedings of the 16th International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VAMOS ’22). Association for Computing Machinery, 2022. (International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VAMOS)).

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Nieke, M, Hoff, A, Schaefer, I & Seidl, C 2022, Experiences with Constructing and Evolving a Software Product Line with Delta-Oriented Programming. in Proceedings of the 16th International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VAMOS ’22). Association for Computing Machinery, International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VAMOS), International Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems, Florence, Italy, 23/02/2022. https://doi.org/10.1145/3510466.3511271

Experiences with Constructing and Evolving a Software Product Line with Delta-Oriented Programming. / Nieke, Michael; Hoff, Adrian; Schaefer, Ina et al.
Proceedings of the 16th International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VAMOS ’22). Association for Computing Machinery, 2022. (International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VAMOS)).

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Nieke M, Hoff A, Schaefer I, Seidl C. Experiences with Constructing and Evolving a Software Product Line with Delta-Oriented Programming. In Proceedings of the 16th International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VAMOS ’22). Association for Computing Machinery. 2022. (International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems (VAMOS)). doi: 10.1145/3510466.3511271

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