The beauty of software architecture

Aldenhoven, Céline Madeleine und Engelschall, Ralf Sascha (2023): The beauty of software architecture. IEEE 20th International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA), L'Aquila, Italy, 13.-17. März 2023. In: 2023 IEEE 20th International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA), Piscataway: IEEE. S. 117-128

Abstract

The concept of beauty has fascinated humans since the beginning of their existence. To inspire research questions on the beauty of software architecture, we use the progress in other areas, like civil architecture and plastic surgery. Our most important findings are that practitioners view software architecture as beautiful if it reduces their effort to work with it and that the beauty of software architecture greatly impacts the happiness and motivation of the developers working on it. Overall, this research paper gives insights into the definition of beautiful software architecture in practice and explains its importance. Additionally, we propose ways to create beautiful software architecture and teach it. The focus on beauty in software architecture is essential in mid- to large-sized projects to increase the developers’ happiness and, therefore, the quality of the product.

• Dokumententyp: Konferenzbeitrag (Paper)
• Fakultät: Mathematik, Informatik und Statistik
• Themengebiete: 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke > 004 Informatik
• ISBN: 979-8-3503-9749-9 ; 979-8-3503-9750-5
• Ort: Piscataway
• Sprache: Englisch