… We identify the main observations (what we know) and challenges … observations and
challenges about code smell and their refactoring into: smells definitions, most common code-smell …

… , a task that is more challenging than detection of refactorings … Among the various findings
of this study it was observed that … a code smell is assumed when all associated smell aspects …

… code smells in existing programs. The challenge is that the identification of code smells is …
Moreover, we observed that whenever developers work in collaboration, they avoid making …

… of code smells, that is the probability that a code smell instance … One challenge arising when
answering RQ2 is represented … our case, the code smell disappearance has been observed. …

… interaction effects were observed amongst code smells, and between code smells and other
… of code smells. We report on a multiple case study in which the problems and challenges …

… detect code smells and refactor them. This study discusses the code smells, detection
techniques, detection and refactoring tools, in addition to observing the challenges and suggesting …

… benefits and challenges encountered during the experimental activities. They were encouraged
to report positive aspects observed, such as productivity gains, code quality improvement…

… community smells impact code smell intensity (ie, criticality). We then propose a code smell
… Through content analysis we observed that, for over 70 percent of the reported code smells, …

… used for code smells detection and visualization. We confirm that the detection of code smells
is a … and detection of code smells; increasing the diversity of detected code smells and of …

… observed in the field of code smell detection. The current manuscript is structured
subsequently: Section II provides a comprehensive examination of the current survey about …