58 citations
5 papers
PHP code smells in web apps: survival and anomalies
Américo Rio, Fernando Brito e Abreu
Context: Code smells are considered symptoms of poor design, leading to future problems, such as reduced maintainability. Except for anecdotal cases (e. g. code dropout), a code sm…
Crowdsmelling: The use of collective knowledge in code smells detection
José Pereira dos Reis, Fernando Brito e Abreu, Glauco de Figueiredo Carneiro
Code smells are seen as major source of technical debt and, as such, should be detected and removed. However, researchers argue that the subjectiveness of the code smells detection…
Code smells detection and visualization: A systematic literature review
José Pereira dos Reis, Fernando Brito e Abreu, Glauco de Figueiredo Carneiro +1
Context: Code smells (CS) tend to compromise software quality and also demand more effort by developers to maintain and evolve the application throughout its life-cycle. They have…
Unveiling process insights from refactoring practices
João Caldeira, Fernando Brito e Abreu, Jorge Cardoso +1
Context : Software comprehension and maintenance activities, such as refactoring, are said to be negatively impacted by software complexity. The methods used to measure software pr…
Software Development Analytics in Practice: A Systematic Literature Review
Joao Caldeira, Fernando Brito e Abreu, Jorge Cardoso +3
Context:Software Development Analytics is a research area concerned with providing insights to improve product deliveries and processes. Many types of studies, data sources and min…