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Design issues in client-server software maintenance

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ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, Volume 33, Issue 5

Article No.: 6, Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/1402521.1402524

Published: 31 August 2008 Publication History

Abstract

Software requires maintenance because there are often some errors remaining in the system that must be removed as they are discovered. Even without errors, software frequently undergoes change. The main reason is that software must be enhanced to include more features. Client-server software maintenance is not as simple as centralized software maintenance because client-server software systems are more complex than software for centralized systems.

Cost associated with software maintenance is top most cost in software development, so there is a need to develop software which has maintainability i.e. the ease with which a system can be maintained. Therefore, the design and development of client-server software systems should be done keeping in mind the maintainability of the resultant software systems. There are various design issues related with the maintainability of the software. If we take care of these issues at the time of design, then the resultant system will have better maintainability and thus maintenance efforts of such system will be reduced.

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Barabanova IKravets OTkalich SMutin D(2019)Analysis of the intermediate layer work in the three-tier architecture “client-server” of automation engineering problemsIOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering10.1088/1757-899X/537/3/032011537(032011)Online publication date: 17-Jun-2019
https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/537/3/032011

Index Terms

Design issues in client-server software maintenance
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Software management
        Software maintenance
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software post-development issues

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cover image ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes

ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes Volume 33, Issue 5

September 2008

68 pages

ISSN:0163-5948

DOI:10.1145/1402521

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Barabanova IKravets OTkalich SMutin D(2019)Analysis of the intermediate layer work in the three-tier architecture “client-server” of automation engineering problemsIOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering10.1088/1757-899X/537/3/032011537(032011)Online publication date: 17-Jun-2019
https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/537/3/032011

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