To improve software productivity, when constructing new software systems, programmers
often reuse existing libraries or frameworks by invoking methods provided in their APIs …

To improve software productivity, when constructing new software systems, developers often
reuse existing class libraries or frameworks by invoking their APIs. Those APIs, however, are …

During software development, a developer often needs to discover specific usage patterns
of Application Programming Interface (API) methods. However, these usage patterns are …

A software system interacts with third-party libraries through various APIs. Using these
library APIs often needs tofollow certain usage patterns. Furthermore, ordering rules …

Abstract Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) facilitate pragmatic reuse and improve
the productivity of software development. An API usage pattern documents a set of method …

Software developers need to cope with complexity of Application Programming Interfaces
(APIs) of external libraries or frameworks. However, typical APIs provide several thousands …

Programmers extensively use application programming interfaces (APIs) to leverage
existing libraries and frameworks. However, correctly and efficiently choosing and using …

Context APIs play a central role in software development. The seminal research of Carroll et
al.[15] on minimal manual and subsequent studies by Shull et al.[79] showed that …

Software developers interact with APIs on a daily basis and, therefore, often face the need to
learn how to use new APIs suitable for their purposes. Previous work has shown that …

Software frameworks provide sets of generic functionalities that can be later customized for a
specific task. When developers invoke API methods in a framework, they often encounter …