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The beauty of software architecture
- 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.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1109/icsa56044.2023.00019
Authors
- Publisher:
- IEEE
- Host title:
- 2023 IEEE 20th International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA)
- Pages:
- 117-128
- Publication date:
- 2023-03-17
- Event title:
- 20th International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA 2023)
- Event location:
- L'Aquila, Italy
- Event website:
- https://icsa-conferences.org/2023/
- Event start date:
- 2023-03-13
- Event end date:
- 2023-03-17
- DOI:
- EISBN:
- 9798350397499
- ISBN:
- 9798350397505
- Language:
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English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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2045131
- Local pid:
-
pubs:2045131
- Deposit date:
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2025-05-22
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- Copyright holder:
- IEEE
- Copyright date:
- 2023
- Rights statement:
- © 2023 IEEE
- Notes:
- This paper was presented at the 20th International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA 2023), 13th-17th March 2023, L'Aquila, Italy.
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