ICPC 2018
Sun 27 - Mon 28 May 2018 Gothenburg, Sweden
co-located with * ICSE 2018 *
Mon 28 May 2018 16:00 - 16:17 at J1 room - Readibility, Features and APIs Chair(s): Yoshiki Higo

Several conventions and standards aim to improve maintainability of software code. However, low levels of code readability perceived by developers still represent a barrier to their daily work. In this paper, we describe a survey that assessed the impact of a set of Java coding practices on the readability perceived by software developers. While some practices promoted an enhancement of readability, others did not show statistically significant effects. Interestingly, one of the practices worsened the readability. Our results may help to identify coding conventions with a positive impact on readability and, thus, guide the creation of coding standards.

Mon 28 May

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16:00 - 17:30
Readibility, Features and APIsTechnical Research at J1 room
Chair(s): Yoshiki Higo Osaka University
16:00
17m
Full-paper
Impacts of Coding Practices on ReadabilityTechnical Research
Technical Research
Rodrigo Santos IPT-SP, Marco Gerosa Northern Arizona University
Pre-print
16:17
10m
Short-paper
An Empirical Investigation on the Readability of Manual and Generated Test CasesERA
Technical Research
Giovanni Grano University of Zurich, Simone Scalabrino University of Molise, Harald Gall University of Zurich, Rocco Oliveto University of Molise
Pre-print
16:27
10m
Short-paper
The CodeCompass Comprehension FrameworkTool Demo
Technical Research
Zoltan Porkolab Eotvos Lorond University, Dániel Krupp Ericsson Ltd, Tibor Brunner Ericsson Hungary, Marton Csordas Ericsson Hungary
Link to publication DOI Pre-print
16:37
17m
Full-paper
The Effect of Poor Source Code Lexicon and Readability on Developers' Cognitive LoadTechnical Research
Technical Research
Sarah Fakhoury Washington State University, Yuzhan Ma Washington State University Pullman, Venera Arnaoudova Washington State University Pullman, Olusola Adesope Washington State University
DOI Pre-print
16:54
17m
Full-paper
Assessing an Architecture's Ability to Support Feature EvolutionTechnical Research
Technical Research
Ran Mo Drexel University, Yuanfang Cai Drexel University, Rick Kazman University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Qiong Feng Drexel University
17:11
10m
Industry talk
Leveraging the Agile Development Process for Selecting Invoking/Excluding Tests to Support Feature LocationIndustry Track
Technical Research
Gregory S. DeLozier , Michael J. Decker Bowling Green State University, Christian D. Newman Rochester Institute of Technology, Jonathan I. Maletic Kent State University