Computer Aided Programming: Techniques for software manufacturing

A software manufacturing paradigm is described which deals effectively with many issues long associated with software development and maintenance. In essence, Computer Aided Programming (CAP) is to software manufacturing what CAD/CAM is to conventional manufacturing. CAP is the first of a new generation of software manufacturing systems based on a standard sub-assembly approach. CAP provides an automated software development environment in which the computer handles the bulk of the work required to build and to maintain code. Featuring automatic assembly and customization of reusable code modules and generated code, CAP builds a complete program from specific goal-oriented instructions supplied by the user. The techniques of software manufacturing are applicable to all areas of software development where recurring problem classes can be identified.