Code smells are structures in code that imply potential maintainability problems and may
negatively impact software quality. One of the critical challenges with code smells is that …

Code smells help to discover and describe deeper problems in software design. Several
automated methods of smell detection are based the analysis of a combination of code …

Code smells are indicators of bad design choices but not necessarily proven to be bad
practices. Several commercial tools exist for detecting code smells, yet there are arguments …

Software systems are becoming the core of the business of several industrial companies
and, for this reason, they are getting bigger and more complex. Furthermore, they are …

Code smells reflect code decay and, as such, developers should seek to eradicate such
smells through application of'deodorant'in the form of one or more refactorings. However, a …

Context A code smell indicates a poor implementation choice that often worsens software
quality. Thus, code smell detection is an elementary technique to identify refactoring …

Code smells can compromise software quality in the long term by inducing technical debt.
For this reason, many approaches aimed at identifying these design flaws have been …

Code smells are structural characteristics of software that may indicate a code or design
problem that makes software hard to evolve and maintain, and may trigger refactoring of …

Code smells tend to compromise software quality and also demand more effort by
developers to maintain and evolve the application throughout its life-cycle. They have long …

Background: Code smells indicate suboptimal design or implementation choices in the
source code that often lead it to be more change-and fault-prone. Researchers defined …