Software design guidelines for event-driven programming

This paper deals with software design principles and guidelines to improve the reusability and maintainability of event-driven (ED) programs. The paper examines how well the principles of structured software design from the procedural programming field can be applied to the event-driven environment. Taking into account the unique characteristics of event-driven programming (E-DP), additional guidelines that are specific to this field are proposed. The guidelines presented here deal with modularizing event procedures, graphical representation of E-D programs, sharing data between event/general procedures, using user-defined objects, and developing cohesive procedures and forms. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.