International Journal of Computer Science Issues

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Modularity is a critical issue in large-scale software systems. For example more than 1200 Content Management Systems (CMS) have been developed as yet and any CMS consists of numerous modules and lots of modules have been developed and they cannot use modules of each other. It is due to lack of modularity parameters such as extensible, modifiable and flexible etc. In this paper, new modular software development principles have been provided. To obtain this aim, firstly all problems of existing approaches have been investigated and categorized as the requirement list. Secondly, for solving these requirements, three new modular principles have been provided. Then two case studies have been investigated to show the applicability of provided principles. Finally, to evaluate provided principles, is shown that new principles can cover all disadvantages of existing approaches. New provided principles can be used in any scopes of information systems such as Service Oriented Platforms and any large-scale modular software.