Week 2023-W27 in reading

This is work in progress.

Source: arXiv:2003.00447.

Maintainability is the “degree of effectiveness and efficiency with which a product or system can be modified to improve it, correct it or adapt it to changes in environment, and in requirements”.

Maintenance hotspots, (…) parts of the source code that are most difficult to maintain.

You cannot control what you cannot measure.
— DeMarco, T. (1982). Controlling Software Projects; Management, Measurement and Estimation.

• According to Maintainability Index - What is it and where does it fall short?, MI relies too much on LOC (among other things).
• Think Twice Before Using the "Maintainability Index" mentions research done by “SIG” (Software Improvement Group?) and links to further articles on the topic.