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ICPC 2021
Tue 18 - Thu 20 May 2021
co-located with ICSE 2021
Wed 19 May 2021 10:40 - 10:50 at ICPC Main Room - Refactoring Chair(s): Eunjong Choi

As software systems evolve, their architecture is meant to adapt accordingly by following the changes in requirements, the environment, and the implementation. However, in practice, the evolving system often deviates from the architecture, causing severe consequences to system maintenance and evolution. This phenomenon of architecture erosion has been studied extensively in research, but not yet been examined from the point of view of developers. In this exploratory study, we look into how developers perceive the notion of architecture erosion, its causes and consequences, as well as tools and practices to identify and control architecture erosion. To this end, we searched through several popular online developer communities for collecting data of discussions related to architecture erosion. Besides, we identified developers involved in these discussions and conducted a survey with 10 participants and held interviews with 4 participants. Our findings show that: (1) developers either focus on the structural manifestation of architecture erosion or on its effect on run-time qualities, maintenance and evolution; (2) alongside technical factors, architecture erosion is caused to a large extent by non-technical factors; (3) despite the lack of dedicated tools for detecting architecture erosion, developers usually identify erosion through a number of symptoms; and (4) there are effective measures that can help to alleviate the impact of architecture erosion.

Wed 19 May

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10:40 - 11:00
RefactoringResearch at ICPC Main Room
Chair(s): Eunjong Choi Kyoto Institute of Technology
10:40
10m
Paper
Understanding Architecture Erosion: The Practitioners' Perceptive
Research
Ruiyin Li Wuhan University, China; University of Groningen, The Netherlands, Peng Liang Wuhan University, Mohamed Soliman , Paris Avgeriou University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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10:50
10m
Paper
Understanding Code Smell Detection via Code Review: A Study of the OpenStack CommunityIEEE/TCSE Distinguished Paper Award
Research
Xiaofeng Han Wuhan University, China, Amjed Tahir Massey University, Peng Liang Wuhan University, Steve Counsell Brunel University London, Yajing Luo
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Wed 19 May 2021 10:40 - 11:00 at ICPC Main Room - Refactoring Chair(s): Eunjong Choi
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