Switching of GUI framework: the case from Spec to Spec 2

Clement Dutriez (1, 2) , Benoît Verhaeghe (3, 1, 2) , Mustapha Derras (3)

1 CRIStAL - Centre de Recherche en Informatique, Signal et Automatique de Lille - UMR 9189
2 RMOD - Analyses and Languages Constructs for Object-Oriented Application Evolution
3 Berger-Levrault

Developers used frameworks to create their User Interface. Those frameworks are developed in a specific version of a language and can be used until the retro-compatibility is broken. In such case, developers need to migrate their software systems to a new GUI framework. We proposed a three-step approach to migrate the front-end of an application. This approach includes an importer, a GUI meta-model and an exporter. We validate our experiment on 6 projects in Pharo. We are able to migrate 5 out of 6 projects that all conserve their widgets organization.

Mots clés: GUI; Modernization; Spec; Spec 2

Domaines: Langage de programmation [cs.PL]

Clement Dutriez, Benoît Verhaeghe, Mustapha Derras. Switching of GUI framework: the case from Spec to Spec 2. International Workshop on Smalltalk Technologies, Aug 2019, Cologne, Germany. ⟨hal-02297858⟩