Authors - Bimal Patel, Jalpesh Vasa, Ravi Patel, Martin Parmar, Krunal Maheriya Abstract - Software robustness, a vital component of software quality, encompasses key attributes such as reliability, usability, efficiency, maintainability, and portability. This paper offers a comprehensive overview of these attributes and examines the role of optimization tools in enhancing software robustness. Reliability, which ensures a system’s consistent dependability, is achieved through techniques like redundancy, error handling, and extensive testing. Usability, focusing on the user experience, is improved through user-centered design, usability testing, and heuristic evaluation. Efficiency targets the optimal use of system resources such as CPU and memory, with performance profiling, load testing, and code optimization techniques helping identify and resolve bottlenecks. Maintainability, ensuring that systems can be easily modified or updated, is enhanced through modularity, code readability, and design patterns that simplify future changes. Portability, which allows software to operate across diverse platforms, is achieved through cross-platform frameworks and containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. Optimization tools, including profilers, load testing tools, static code analyzers, and dependency management tools, play a critical role in maintaining software robustness. These tools help identify performance issues, ensure resource efficiency, and improve code quality. By leveraging these tools, developers and project managers can build more reliable, efficient, and maintainable software systems. This paper serves as a valuable resource for improving the overall quality, resilience, and portability of software products.
