Large Language Models (LLMs) have significantly impacted numerous domains, including
Software Engineering (SE). Many recent publications have explored LLMs applied to …

Recent software advances have led to an expansion of the development and usage of
application programming interfaces (APIs). From millions of Android packages (APKs) …

Developers often wonder how to implement a certain functionality (eg, how to parse XML
files) using APIs. Obtaining an API usage sequence based on an API-related natural …

Software developers need access to different kinds of information which is often dispersed
among different documentation sources, such as API documentation or Stack Overflow. We …

(Good) Software documentation provides developers and users with a description of what a
software system does, how it operates, and how it should be used. For example, technical …

To protect sensitive data processed by current applications, developers, whether security
experts or not, have to rely on cryptography. While cryptography algorithms have become …

Improving API usability Page 1 62 COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM | JUNE 2016 | VOL. 59 |
NO. 6 DOI:10.1145/2896587 Human-centered design can make application programming …

During the recent years, the market of mobile software applications (apps) has maintained
an impressive upward trajectory. Many small and large software development companies …

Formal documentation can be a crucial resource for learning to how to use an API. However,
producing high-quality documentation can be nontrivial. Researchers investigated how 10 …

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 …