IDE Native, Foundation Model Based Agents for Software Refactoring
Foundation Models (FMs) have been trained on a massive amount of coding data and, at their best, are capable of looking at code like an expert software developer. This has led researchers to explore the possibility of FM-based agents for various software engineering tasks. These agents are capable of planning and executing complex tasks, such as bug repair, in the manner that an expert developer who is familiar with the codebase would. However, FMs often produce puzzling responses that are capable of resulting in buggy or vulnerable code. Inspired by recent work in agents for software engineering tasks, we discuss the idea of a FM-based refactoring agent, which is capable of scanning the entire codebase to suggest changes that improve the quality of the software system. Additionally, we posit that the IDEs (equipped with a massive number of static-analysis based checks), are the ideal place for these agents to live. In this paper, we discuss the challenges and issues related to building FM-based refactoring agents that live within the IDE.
Sat 3 MayDisplayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
14:00 - 15:30 | Session 3: Refactoring & AI, & Session 4: Plugins and applicationsIDE at 205 Chair(s): Danny Dig University of Colorado Boulder, JetBrains Research, Darya Rovdo JetBrains 14:00–14:45 — Session 3. Refactoring and AI. 14:45–15:30 — Session 4. Plugins and applications. | ||
14:00 15mTalk | LLM-Driven Code Refactoring: Opportunities and Limitations IDE Pre-print | ||
14:15 15mTalk | Trust Calibration in IDEs: Paving the Way for Widespread Adoption of AI Refactoring IDE Markus Borg CodeScene Pre-print | ||
14:30 15mTalk | IDE Native, Foundation Model Based Agents for Software Refactoring IDE Pre-print | ||
14:45 15mTalk | Using CognitIDE to Capture Developers’ Cognitive Load via Physiological Activity During Everyday Software Development Tasks IDE Fabian Stolp Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, Charlotte Brandebusemeyer Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, Franziska Hradilak Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, Lara Kursawe Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, Magnus Menger Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, Franz Sauerwald Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, Bert Arnrich Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam Pre-print | ||
15:00 15mTalk | A Prototype VS Code Extension to Improve Web Accessible Development IDE Elisa Calì Politecnico di Torino, Tommaso Fulcini Politecnico di Torino, Riccardo Coppola Politecnico di Torino, Lorenzo Laudadio Politecnico di Torino, Marco Torchiano Politecnico di Torino Pre-print | ||
15:15 15mTalk | A Plugin for Cross-Language Static Analysis for Vulnerability Detection in Android Applications IDE Kishanthan Thangarajah Centre for Software Excellence, Huawei Canada, Noble Saji Mathews University of Waterloo, Canada, Mei Nagappan University of Waterloo Pre-print |