A decision model for programming language ecosystem selection: Seven industry case studies

Software development is a continuous decision-making process that mainly relies on the software engineer’s experience and intuition. One of essential decisions in early stages selecting best fitting programming language ecosystem based project requirements. A significant number criteria, such as developer availability consistent documentation, addition to available options market, lead challenging process. As selection ecosystems depends application be developed its environment, decision model required analyze problem using systematic identification evaluation potential alternatives for project. Recently, we introduced framework build models technology problems production. Furthermore, designed implemented support system uses engineers with their problems. This study presents problem. The has been evaluated through seven real-world case studies at companies. participants declared approach provides significantly more insight into decreases process’s time cost. With model, can rapidly evaluate select ecosystems. Having knowledge readily supports making efficient effective meet requirements priorities. reusable employed by other researchers develop new concepts solutions future challenges.