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Understanding Code Understandability Improvements in Code Reviews
Delano Oliveira, Reydne Santos, Benedito de Oliveira +3
Motivation: Code understandability is crucial in software development, as developers spend 58% to 70% of their time reading source code. Improving it can improve productivity and r…
A Systematic Literature Review on the Impact of Formatting Elements on Code Legibility
Delano Oliveira, Reydne Santos, Fernanda Madeiral +2
Context: Software programs can be written in different but functionally equivalent ways. Even though previous research has compared specific formatting elements to find out which a…
On the Bug-proneness of Structures Inspired by Functional Programming in JavaScript Projects
Fernando Alves, Delano Oliveira, Fernanda Madeiral +1
Language constructs inspired by functional programming have made their way into most mainstream programming languages. Many researchers and developers consider that these construct…
Evaluating Code Readability and Legibility: An Examination of Human-centric Studies
Delano Oliveira, Reydne Bruno, Fernanda Madeiral +1
Reading code is an essential activity in software maintenance and evolution. Several studies with human subjects have investigated how different factors, such as the employed progr…