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 …

Stack Overflow is a popular questions and answers (Q&A) website among software
developers. It counts more than two millions of users who actively contribute by asking and …

Understanding one's work environment is important for one's success, especially when
working in teams. In virtual collaborative environments this amounts to being aware of the …

Creating documentation is a challenging task in software engineering and most techniques
involve the laborious and sometimes tedious job of writing text. This paper explores an …

Developers often consult online tutorials and message boards to find solutions to their
programming issues. Among the many online resources, Question & Answer websites are …

Developers increasingly take to the Internet for code snippets to integrate into their
programs. To save developers the time required to switch from their development …

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are used to support professional learning at scale
in many countries. The present study examined a MOOC named Flipped Classrooms that …

Technical questions and answers (Q&A) services have become a valuable resource for
developers. A prominent example of technical Q&A website is StackOverflow (SO), which …

Question and Answer (Q&A) services, such as Stack Overflow, rely on a community of
programmers who post questions, provide and rate answers, to create what is termed" crowd …

Purpose–The use of social media and in particular community Question Answering (Q & A)
websites by learners has increased significantly in recent years. The vast amounts of data …