Developers commonly use features to define, manage, and communicate functionalities of a
system. Unfortunately, the locations of features in code and other characteristics (feature …

Software Product Line (SPL) is a development paradigm that targets the creation of variable
software systems. Despite the increasing interest in product lines, research in the area …

Feature code is often scattered across a software system. Scattering is not necessarily bad if
used with care, as witnessed by systems with highly scattered features that evolved …

The notion of features is commonly used to describe, structure, and communicate the
functionalities of a system. Unfortunately, features and their locations in software artifacts are …

Code smells are anomalies often caused by the way concerns are realized in the source
code. Their identification might depend on properties governing the structure of individual …

Feature code is often scattered across wide parts of the code base. But, scattering is not
necessarily bad if used with care—in fact, systems with highly scattered features have …

Software Design Patterns (SDPs) are core solutions to the recurring problems in software.
However, adopting SDPs without taking into account their value implications may result in …

Although aspect-oriented programming (AOP) aims to improve software maintainability,
developers can unwittingly introduce code smells in their programs. A code smell is any …

Manifestation of crosscutting concerns in software systems is often an indicative of design
modularity flaws and further design instabilities as those systems evolve. Without proper …

CONTEXT: Maintainability has become one of the most essential attributes of software
quality, as software maintenance has shown to be one of the most costly and time …