How do design decisions affect the distribution of software metrics?
The authors of this week’s paper built a tool that can infer the design role of classes and let it analyse some Java projects.
The Toilet Paper
Do software engineers use autocompletion features differently than other developers?
If you suspect that Betteridge’s law of headlines strikes again, you’re probably right.
Does it really matter to test-first or to test-last?
Debunking some myths about the effectiveness of test-driven development.
I’m leaving you, Travis: A continuous integration breakup story
What makes people abandon their continuous integration service?
Intrusion of software robots into journalism
Robots might take over jobs in journalism. What else is new(s)?
Measuring perceived usability: The CSUQ, SUS, and UMUX
It’s a battle of standardised usability questionnaires.
The pricey bill of technical debt: When and by whom will it be paid?
Everyone keeps talking about how technical debt is bad, but how bad is it really?
On the usage of Pythonic idioms
Ways to ensure that all code is equal and no code is more equal than others.
Empirical study on the relationship between developer’s working habits and efficiency
Bottom line: don’t overdo it.
Do programmers work at night or during the weekend?
It’s time to bust some myths about programmers’ working hours.
JIT feedback – what experienced developers like about static analysis
Dos and don’ts for people who implement static analysis tools for developers.
Micro-clones in evolving software
Duplicate code. Duplicate code everywhere.
Deep code comment generation
Why write comments in your code when you can also generate them?
Deep code search
Machine learning can be used to create better search engines for code.
Loud and interactive paper prototyping in requirements elicitation: What is it good for?
Paper prototyping is an effective way to get early feedback on your designs.
Learning from mistakes: An empirical study of elicitation interviews performed by novices
Some useful tips and tricks for your next interview.
Are developers aware of the architectural impact of their changes?
I mean, surely this tiny addition is not going to have any noticeable effect on the system’s architecture?
Are code examples on an online Q&A forum reliable? A study of API misuse on Stack Overflow
I actually don’t know anyone who blindly copies stuff from Stack Overflow, but apparently it’s a thing.
Building a theory of job rotation in software engineering from an instrumental case study
Change is good, especially for knowledge workers.
Code smells for model-view-controller architectures
Here’s a list of six things you should not do in an MVC architecture.
Predicting estimated time of arrival for commercial flights
Achieving better ETA prediction using machine learning.
Fake news vs satire: A dataset and analysis
Can you spot the difference between fake news and satire?
Does goal-oriented requirements engineering achieve its goal?
Requirements engineering generally isn’t taken very seriously. Why not?
A large-scale empirical study on linguistic antipatterns affecting APIs
Does it matter if your method names contain tiny linguistic mistakes? Possibly.