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Evolutionary prototyping is an incremental software development method in which a proof of concept is, step by step, extended towards the final product. This article pleads for a programming approach termed “incremental code quality enhancement” when developing software incrementally. However, current programming languages are not well suited for incremental code quality enhancement. They are inflexible regarding their use of language features like typing, access control, contracts, etc. In some languages, the programmer is forced to use them, in others he may not. This article introduces pluggable programming language features, a concept that allows greater flexibility for application programmers without losing control over the use of those features. The approach is demonstrated exemplary by interface specifications for a business information system.
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Humm, B.G., Engelschall, R.S. (2011). Pluggable Programming Language Features for Incremental Code Quality Enhancement. In: Maciaszek, L.A., Loucopoulos, P. (eds) Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering. ENASE 2010. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 230. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23391-3_1
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