• DocumentCode
    3609374
  • Title

    Refactoring Tools are Trustworthy Enough and Trust Must be Earned

  • Author

    Brant, John ; Steimann, Friedrich

  • Author_Institution
    FernUniv. in Hagen, Hagen, Germany
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    80
  • Lastpage
    83
  • Abstract
    In his Point essay, "Refactoring Tools Are Trustworthy Enough," John Brant argues that refactoring tools that help developers work more efficiently is more important than tools that preserve behavior. In his Counterpoint essay, "Trust Must Be Earned," Friedrich Steimann argues that current refactoring tools are unreliable and that developers should give their best to create refactoring tools that are correct. This article is part of a special issue on Refactoring.
  • Keywords
    software tools; imperfect tools; refactoring tools; Code refractoring; Software development; Software engineering; refactoring; software development; software engineering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MS.2015.145
  • Filename
    7310993
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3609374