Programming tools, this is where it all started for us. Our journey in software engineering. This is our passion. This is what makes us tick...tock. We believe that we can help you program better with our programming tools and achieve your goals of reliability, performance and/or efficiency.

We provide development, maintenance, porting, enhancement, testing and validation services for the following programming tools:

The global electronics industry is undergoing a transition to smarter systems. Requirements for higher efficiency, productivity, security, quality, and lower cost are driving this change. Automated systems and M2M (Internet of Things) are also key drivers behind this change.

The Xilinx Zynq -7000 All Programmable SoC helps create these smart systems.

We are here to partner with and deliver robust and relevant systems in emerging embedded technologies. We believe that we can help OEM's achieve success in their Zynq initiatives.

We offer the following services in the Zynq domain:

We offer custom USB/Smartcard/NFC/Bluetooth device driver and protocols for Communication and Device applications.

We provide services to add new or upgrade existing or replace existing drivers or protocols of a platform/design. Our driver and protocol offering goes into mobile handset devices and devices targeted at consumer electronics, automotive and health sectors.

We offer custom embedded applications for various industries including Multimedia, Automotive, Security, Telecom and Wireless.

Some of the areas in which we offer our services

Refactoring:

We offer Refactoring services for your spaghetti legacy code.

Refactoring is the process of changing a software system in such a way that it does not alter the external behavior of the code yet improves its internal structure. Martin Fowler – Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

Over time and without effective counter measurements, as code is changed, it tends to deteriorate. Changes are often made on the fly, under time pressures, without regard for the overall structure of the code. This can lead to code entropy. Refactoring can help undo code entropy. Refactoring can make the code easier to understand and modify.

Refactoring is a specific, disciplined approach to restructuring and improving the design of an existing body of code while its observable functionality remains unchanged. At its heart is a series of small behavior-preserving transformations. Refactoring improves some aspects of program behavior such as readability, maintainability, or performance.

Once we have understood your requirements and have agreed to a suitable direction, the following steps are undertaken:

• Understand the specification and the code
• Create a comprehensive set of unit tests and integration tests
• Version control the code
• Refactor
• Create clear documentation of what has been done and why
• One of the preconditions of Refactoring is having solid tests. So before Refactoring is performed we ensure the availability of the tests and the testing environment.

The Refactoring Process

What patterns of code are candidates for Refactoring?

• Same code structure in more than one place
• Too much code in a method
• Too many instance variables in a class
• A method has too many parameters
• When a class has more than one meaning to it
• When, every time, small changes need to be made to lot of classes
• When there are same data items in a lot of places
• Switch statements
• A particular class is not doing enough
• Temporary variables
• When too many methods are delegating to other classes

Why should you refactor?

Software maintenance usually has one of two goals. The first is to fix bugs, and the second is to add features. While the goal of refactoring is neither of these, it can greatly improve how easy it is to do either. At first it may seem a waste to refactor code without adding any new functionality, but trying to modify a poorly constructed program can take far more time and effort than first refactoring, and then modifying. Refactoring can reveal flaws in the structure of the existing code that are the underlying causes of bugs or incorrect behavior.

What are the benefits of Refactoring?

• Refactoring improves the design of software
• Refactoring makes software easier to understand
• Refactoring makes software easier to maintain
• Refactoring improves the performance of software
• Refactoring improves the modularity of software
• Refactoring improves the extensibility of software
• Refactoring helps find defects
• Refactoring helps program faster

When Should You Refactor?

• Refactor when you add function
• Refactor when you fix a defect
• Refactor while code review

When should you not refactor?

• When the existing code is really messy
• When the code is riddled with defects
• When the project deadline is close

What does Refactoring result in?

• Fewer bugs
• Reduced time to market
• Savings in cost
• Stable product

Reengineering:

With a large number of legacy systems being used and as these systems can be mission critical, there is a need for reengineering.Reengineering can prevent accidents, reduce costs and increase efficiency. We understand the problem and that it exists. We believe that we can help solve this problem. As we have the relevant experience, we offer reengineering services to help customers to modernize and migrate from legacy systems to desired systems

In computing a legacy system is an old method, technology, computer system, or application program,"of, relating to, or being a previous or outdated computer system." – Merriam Webster

Legacy systems evolve over time. There are a large number of legacy systems being used and the number is growing. There is a lot of knowledge embedded in the legacy systems. This includes requirements, design decisions, and business rules. it is difficult to extract such knowledge. And also the legacy system maybe using archaic methodologies and may have undergone prolonged maintenance. The result is a legacy system that lacks the ability to evolve to meet ever-changing demands in a cost-effective manner. Reengineering offers an approach to migrating a legacy system towards an evolvable system.

Software reengineering is any activity that improves one’s understanding of software and/or improves the software itself. – R.S. Arnold, Software Reengineering

Reengineering is redoing existing legacy system and transforming them into desired systems. Legacy system, that has become expensive to maintain or obsolescent in terms of the architecture and inability to cater to the technological advancements.

Reengineering Process:

The reengineering process involves:

• Examination of the existing system
• Analysis of the existing system
• Alteration of the existing system to reconstitute it in a new form, and
• The subsequent implementation of the desired form

The reengineering process typically includes the following other processes:

• Analysis
• Reverse engineering
• Re-documentation
• Restructuring & Translation and
• Forward engineering

The goal is to understand the existing software (specification, design, implementation) and then to re-implement it to improve the system’s functionality, performance or implementation. The objective is to maintain the existing functionality and prepare for functionality to be added later.

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What are the challenges in reengineering?

• Lack of good design structure
• Lack of clear documentation
• Original developers not available
• Instilling good software development methods
• Generating a new system that maintains the existing functionality while applying new technologies
• Due to years of modifications, it is difficult to change
• No clear or logical structure and documentation

When do we need to reengineer?

• When the legacy system is no longer evolvable in a cost-effective manner
• When the legacy system enjoy properties worth preserving
• When the legacy system has already been deployed and has undergone significant scrutiny by their users
• When the legacy system has undergone a long history of maintenance
• When the legacy system has a wealth of test and validation capabilities
• When the legacy system has history recorded in the form of resources and documentation

What are the inputs needed for reengineering?

• Documentation
• Specifications
• Source code

What are the objectives of reengineering?

• Functional Enhancement
• Improve maintainability
• Migration to new technology
• Improve reliability

When should reengineering not be done?

• When reengineering is as expensive as building a new system
• When reengineering can’t be accomplished in a shorter time frame
When reengineering isn’t less risky
• When reengineering doesn’t offer better value

What are the factors for reengineering?

• Maintenance cost
• Higher performance demands.
• Usability
• Data storage requirements
• New trends

What are the categories of reengineering?

• Product Improvement

No new functionality is added. But the change was due to performance improvement, code restructuring, new platform support or due to data migration.

• Product enhancement