Just like any software, libraries evolve to incorporate new features, bug fixes, security
patches, and refactorings. However, when a library evolves, it may break the contract …

With the rise of social coding platforms that rely on distributed version control systems,
software reuse is also on the rise. Many software developers leverage this reuse by creating …

The incredible success of the mobile App economy has been attracting software developers
ho** for new or repeated success. Surviving in the fierce competitive App market involves …

This chapter defines and presents the kinds of software ecosystems that are targeted in this
book. The focus is on the development, tooling, and analytics aspects of “software …

" If we make this change to our code, how will it impact our clients?" It is difficult for library
maintainers to answer this simple---yet essential!---question when evolving their libraries …

Re-using whole repositories as a starting point for new projects is often done by maintaining
a variant fork parallel to the original. However, the common artifacts between both are not …

The discipline of software engineering emerged in 1969 as a result of the first international
conference on software engineering that took place in Garmisch (Germany) and that was …

Designing an effective API is essential for library developers as it is the lens through which
clients will judge its usability and benefits, as well as the main friction point when the library …

TThe Eclipse framework is a popular and widely used framework that has been evolving for
over a decade. The framework provides both stable interfaces (APIs) and unstable interfaces …

Software seldom lives in isolation. Instead, projects dwell in software ecosystems where they
depend on each other to favour reuse. Software projects have a dual role:(i) the library role …