LowerCASE Tool

Definition

LowerCASE Tool

a Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) software tool that directly supports the implementation (programming) and integration tasks

Classification

As illustrated in the preceding figure, LowerCASE Tool is part of the following inheritance hierarchy:

• Type: Concrete
• Superclass: Tool
• Subclasses: None
• Example Instances:
  • Text Editor (e.g., Notepad)
  • Language-Sensitive Text Editor (e.g., WebEdit)
  • Class Browser (e.g., IBM VisualAge)
  • Personal Web Server (for testing webpages and associated scripts)
  • Formatter or Pretty Printer (e.g., HTML Tidy)
  • HTML Image Mapper (e.g., Map Designer, Image Mapper)
  • Internet Browser (e.g., Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator)
  • Compiler
  • Linker
  • Loader
  • Source Code Control Tool
  • Unit Test Tool
  • Debugger
  • Command Interpreter
  • Static Analysis Tools:
    • Syntax Checker (e.g., W3C CSS Validator, W3C HTML Validator)
    • HTML hyperlink Checker (e.g., W3C Link Checker, Linkbot)
  • Dynamic Analysis Tools:
    • Performance Analyzer (Profiler)
  • Database Management Systems

Responsibilities

The typical responsibilities of a LowerCASE Tool is to support the performance of the following tasks:

• Implementation:
  • Implementation Reuse
  • Programming
  • Debugging
• Integration Tasks:
  • Integration Planning
  • Component Integration
  • Integration Reporting

Guidelines

• To support forward and reverse engineering, ensure that the upperCASE and lowerCASE tools are interoperable.