When developers add features and fix bugs, they often make systematic edits-similar edits to
multiple locations. Systematic edits may indicate that developers should instead refactor to …

Since software refactoring techniques were introduced, the process is commonly applied to
alter the structure of source code. However, there is also increasing popularity in the topic of …

Abstract Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) is a maturing technique that requires a good
comprehension of which types of mistakes programmers make during the development of …

The manifestation of code anomalies in software systems often indicates symptoms of
architecture degradation. Several approaches have been proposed to detect such …

Process education requires extensive data collection in and out of the classroom over a
period of time. The authors have developed and tested a tool which simplifies this task for …

Although various program comprehension models exist, their levels of abstraction and the
related terminologies do not fit the programming pedagogy perspective. In this study, we …

Resumo Ferramentas como ErrorProne, ReSharper e PMD ajudam os programadores a
detectar e/ou remover automaticamente vários padrões de códigos suspeitos, possíveis …

This article studies the refactoring problem of smart sensors whose energy supply is limited.
Refactoring helps smart sensors to wipe out code bugs (CBs) while consuming its limited …

Abstract Model-driven engineering (MDE) and aspect-oriented software development
(AOSD) contribute to the common goal of development of high-quality code in reduced time …

During the software development cycle, software products can undergo many changes in
requirements and design. In one of those products, the source code of the system, these …