Revised Modularity Index to Measure Modularity of OSS Projects with Case Study of Freemind
This work addresses the need for better modularity assessment in OSS projects, which is a key success factor, but it is incremental as it revises an existing index.
The authors tackled the problem of measuring modularity in Open Source Software (OSS) projects by proposing a revised Modularity Index for Java-based OSS, and they applied it to analyze the Freemind project, revealing its strengths and weaknesses.
Open Source Software (OSS) Projects are gaining popularity worldwide. Studies by many researchers show that the important key success factor is modularity of the source code. This paper presents the revised Modularity Index which is a software metrics to measure the modularity level of a javabased OSS Projects. To show its effectiveness in analyzing OSS Project, the Modularity Index and its supporting software metrics are then used to analyze the evolution of Freemind mind mapping OSS Project. The analysis using Modularity Index and its supporting metrics shows the strength and weaknesses of the Freemind OSS Projects.