This paper presents a literature review in the field of summarizing software artifacts, focusing
on bug reports, source code, mailing lists and developer discussions artifacts. From Jan …

Non-functional requirements (NFR), which include performance, availability, and
maintainability, are vitally important to overall software quality. However, research has …

In theory,(good) documentation is an invaluable asset to any software project, as it helps
stakeholders to use, understand, maintain, and evolve a system. In practice, however …

We advocate for a paradigm shift in supporting the information needs of developers,
centered around the concept of automated on-demand developer documentation. Currently …

Code examples are small source code fragments whose purpose is to illustrate how a
programming language construct, an API, or a specific function/method works. Since code …

Existing API mining algorithms can be difficult to use as they require expensive parameter
tuning and the returned set of API calls can be large, highly redundant and difficult to …

Source code examples are used by developers to implement unfamiliar tasks by learning
from existing solutions. To better support developers in finding existing solutions, code …

Most software maintenance and evolution tasks require developers to understand the
source code of their software systems. Software developers usually inspect class comments …

With the proliferation of online developer forums as informal documentation, developers
often share their opinions about the APIs they use. However, given the plethora of opinions …

JavaScript frameworks, such as jQuery, are widely used for developing web applications. To
facilitate using these JavaScript frameworks to implement a feature (eg, functionality), a …