A systematic literature review on the barriers faced by newcomers to open source software projects

I Steinmacher, MAG Silva, MA Gerosa… - Information and Software …, 2015 - Elsevier
Context Numerous open source software projects are based on volunteers collaboration
and require a continuous influx of newcomers for their continuity. Newcomers face barriers …

Women's participation in open source software: A survey of the literature

B Trinkenreich, I Wiese, A Sarma, M Gerosa… - ACM Transactions on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Women are underrepresented in Open Source Software (OSS) projects, as a result of which,
not only do women lose career and skill development opportunities, but the projects …

Work practices and challenges in pull-based development: The contributor's perspective

G Gousios, MA Storey, A Bacchelli - Proceedings of the 38th International …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
The pull-based development model is an emerging way of contributing to distributed
software projects that is gaining enormous popularity within the open source software (OSS) …

The power of bots: Characterizing and understanding bots in oss projects

M Wessel, BM De Souza, I Steinmacher… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Leveraging the pull request model of social coding platforms, Open Source Software (OSS)
integrators review developers' contributions, checking aspects like license, code quality, and …

How social and communication channels shape and challenge a participatory culture in software development

MA Storey, A Zagalsky, F Figueira Filho… - IEEE Transactions …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software developers use many different communication tools and channels in their work.
The diversity of these tools has dramatically increased over the past decade and developers …

Please turn your cameras on: Remote onboarding of software developers during a pandemic

P Rodeghero, T Zimmermann… - 2021 IEEE/ACM 43rd …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the way that software development teams onboard
new hires. Previously, most software developers worked in physical offices and new hires …

How do software developers use github actions to automate their workflows?

T Kinsman, M Wessel, MA Gerosa… - 2021 IEEE/ACM 18th …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automated tools are frequently used in social coding repositories to perform repetitive
activities that are part of the distributed software development process. Recently, GitHub …

Are bullies more productive? Empirical study of affectiveness vs. issue fixing time

M Ortu, B Adams, G Destefanis… - 2015 IEEE/ACM 12th …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Human Affectiveness, ie, The emotional state of a person, plays a crucial role in many
domains where it can make or break a team's ability to produce successful products …

Committed to trust: A qualitative study on security & trust in open source software projects

D Wermke, N Wöhler, JH Klemmer… - … IEEE Symposium on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Open Source Software plays an important role in many software ecosystems. Whether in
operating systems, network stacks, or as low-level system drivers, software we encounter …

Overcoming open source project entry barriers with a portal for newcomers

I Steinmacher, TU Conte, C Treude… - Proceedings of the 38th …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
Community-based Open Source Software (OSS) projects are usually self-organized and
dynamic, receiving contributions from distributed volunteers. Newcomer are important to the …