Code smells and refactoring: A tertiary systematic review of challenges and observations
Refactoring and smells have been well researched by the software-engineering research
community these past decades. Several secondary studies have been published on code …
community these past decades. Several secondary studies have been published on code …
Why we refactor? confessions of github contributors
D Silva, N Tsantalis, MT Valente - Proceedings of the 2016 24th acm …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
Refactoring is a widespread practice that helps developers to improve the maintainability
and readability of their code. However, there is a limited number of studies empirically …
and readability of their code. However, there is a limited number of studies empirically …
A field study of refactoring challenges and benefits
It is widely believed that refactoring improves software quality and developer productivity.
However, few empirical studies quantitatively assess refactoring benefits or investigate …
However, few empirical studies quantitatively assess refactoring benefits or investigate …
An empirical study of refactoringchallenges and benefits at microsoft
M Kim, T Zimmermann… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is widely believed that refactoring improves software quality and developer productivity.
However, few empirical studies quantitatively assess refactoring benefits or investigate …
However, few empirical studies quantitatively assess refactoring benefits or investigate …
Software architecture in practice: Challenges and opportunities
Software architecture has been an active research field for nearly four decades, in which
previous studies make significant progress such as creating methods and techniques and …
previous studies make significant progress such as creating methods and techniques and …
On the comprehension of program comprehension
Research in program comprehension has evolved considerably over the past decades.
However, only little is known about how developers practice program comprehension in …
However, only little is known about how developers practice program comprehension in …
A comparative study of manual and automated refactorings
S Negara, N Chen, M Vakilian, RE Johnson… - ECOOP 2013–Object …, 2013 - Springer
Despite the enormous success that manual and automated refactoring has enjoyed during
the last decade, we know little about the practice of refactoring. Understanding the …
the last decade, we know little about the practice of refactoring. Understanding the …
A taxonomy for deploying redirection techniques in immersive virtual environments
Natural walking can provide a compelling experience in immersive virtual environments, but
it remains an implementation challenge due to the physical space constraints imposed on …
it remains an implementation challenge due to the physical space constraints imposed on …
Mining fine-grained code changes to detect unknown change patterns
S Negara, M Codoban, D Dig, RE Johnson - Proceedings of the 36th …, 2014 - dl.acm.org
Identifying repetitive code changes benefits developers, tool builders, and researchers. Tool
builders can automate the popular code changes, thus improving the productivity of …
builders can automate the popular code changes, thus improving the productivity of …
One thousand and one stories: a large-scale survey of software refactoring
Despite the availability of refactoring as a feature in popular IDEs, recent studies revealed
that developers are reluctant to use them, and still prefer the manual refactoring of their …
that developers are reluctant to use them, and still prefer the manual refactoring of their …