Experience report: using RESOLVE/C++ for commercial software

Academic research sometimes suffers from the “ivory tower” problem: some ideas that sound good in theory do not necessarily work well in practice. An example of research that potentially could impact practice over the next few years is a novel set of component-based software engineering design principles, known as the RESOLVE discipline. This discipline has been taught to students for several years [23], and previous papers (e.g., [24]) have reported on student-sized software projects constructed using it. Here, we report on a substantial commercial product family that was engineered using the same principles — applications that we designed, built, and continue to maintain for profit, not as part of a research project. We discuss the impact of adhering to a very prescriptive set of design principles and explain our experience with the resulting applications. Lessons learned should benefit others who might be considering adopting such a componentbased software engineering discipl...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: SIGSOFT
• Authors: Joseph E. Hollingsworth, Lori Blankenship, Bruce W. Weide
• Keywords: Component-based Software Engineering, Design Principles, Engineering Design Principles, SIGSOFT 2000, Software Engineering