Code smells and architectural smells—also called bad smells—are symptoms of poor design that can hinder code understandability and decrease maintainability.
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Microservices have seen their popularity blossoming with an explosion of concrete applications in real-life software. Several companies are currently involved i... Read More »
It might come as a surprise to most of today’s software engineers to learn that the founder of their discipline is a woman.
Margaret H. Hamilton is CEO of H... Read More »
Gothenburg, Sweden—The 40th International Conference on Software Engineering held in Gothenburg, Sweden, 27 May - 3 June 2018, broke records with over 1,700 att... Read More »
For many software development teams, the first aspects that come to mind regarding continuous delivery (CD) are the operational challenges and competitive benef... Read More »
By Lori Cameron and Michael Martinez
The future of self-driving vehicles—the next great imaginative leap for technology, with fortunes to be made—suffered a ... Read More »
NASA has been successfully sustaining the continuous operation of its critical navigation software systems for over 12 years.
To accomplish this, NASA scient... Read More »
As we step into a new era with billions of networked devices connected to cyberphysical systems, researchers say we will lose more control of our applications a... Read More »
Medical devices are complex cyber-physical systems incorporating emergent hardware and software components. However, this complexity leads to a wide attack surf... Read More »
The world’s population is living longer, but that doesn’t mean it’s any healthier.
Millions of people are plagued by chronic health conditions such as respir... Read More »
Lori Cameron is Senior Writer for the IEEE Computer Society (CS) and currently writes regular features for Computer magazine, Computing Edge, 13 CS magazine websites, and a career blog. She serves as manager and writer for several CS social media outlets. In addition, she has been a visiting professor of writing and literature at DeVry University, Long Beach, and a technical writer for over 20 years. Lori received a master of arts in English from the California State Polytechnic University, and a bachelor of arts in writing from Indiana Wesleyan University.