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Introduction and Background @ ICSME 2022
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- 2. HI! MY NAME ISVALENTINA!! 1
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- 6. INTERESTING FACT ABOUTMYSELF 5
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- 13. 2016 2018 2022 Bachelordegree In Computer Science 12
- 14. 2016 2018 2022 Bachelordegree In Computer Science Master degree in Cyber Security 13
- 15. 2016 2018 2022 Bachelordegree In Computer Science Master degree in Cyber Security PhD in Software Engineering 14
- 16. 2016 2018 Bachelor degree InComputer Science Master degree in Cyber Security PhD in Software Engineering advised by Prof. Rocco Oliveto 2022 15
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- 18. MY RESEARCH ISFOCUSED ON CODE READABILITY AND HUMAN STUDIES 17
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- 20. Code readability isone of the most frequent activities performed by developers. They must read and comprehend the code, before completing any change. Developers use more time in their maintenance activities than in their writing activities 19
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- 22. MODELS ON CODE READABILITY STRUCTURALASPECTS TEXTUAL ASPECTS VISUAL ASPECTS BUSE, R. P. AND WEIMER. W. R. 2008 POSNETT, D. ET AL. 2011 DORN, J. 2012 SCALABRINO, S. ET AL. 2016 SCALABRINO, S. ET AL. 2016 21
- 23. MODELS ON CODE READABILITY STRUCTURALASPECTS TEXTUAL ASPECTS VISUAL ASPECTS BUSE, R. P. AND WEIMER. W. R. 2008 POSNETT, D. ET AL. 2011 DORN, J.
- 25. CODE READABILITY STRUCTURAL ASPECTS TEXTUALASPECTS VISUAL ASPECTS POSNETT, D. ET AL. 2012 SCALABRINO, S. ET AL.
- 27. CODE READABILITY STRUCTURAL ASPECTS TEXTUALASPECTS VISUAL ASPECTS BUSE, R. P. AND WEIMER. W. R. 2016 SCALABRINO, S. ET AL. 2016 26
- 28. BAD TEXTUAL ASPECTSGOOD TEXTUAL ASPECTS 27
- 29. IS CODE READABILITYVERY IMPORTANT FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS? 28
- 30. DEVELOPERS’ PERCEPTION OF CODEREADABILITY PANTIUCHINA, J. ET AL. 2018 FAKHOURY, S. ET AL. 2019 Such studies provide implicit evidence that code readability matters to developers since commit messages mention the tentative improvement of code readability 29
- 31. No previous worktried to look at explicit evidence that developers care about code readability in software evolution 30
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- 33. Online Survey 4Survey questions 122 Software developers SEND INVITATIONS 32
- 34. When you writecode, to what extent do you take into account code readability? Q1 When reviewing code changes performed by your peers, to what extent do you consider the impact of the change on code readability? Q2 Q3 How often do you make changes to improve code readability? How frequently did you experience a big change in code readability (positive or negative) in the projects you worked on? Q4 1 Never Always 2 3 4 5 1 Never Always 2 3 4 5 < 25% changes > 25% and < 50% changes > 75% changes 33
- 35. Online Survey 122 Software developers 4Survey questions General purpose social networks Specific purpose social networks Dedicated invitations SEND INVITATIONS 34
- 36. ~45% software developers always takecode readability ~42% software developers often take code readability WRITING CODE REVIEWING CODE ~34% software developers always take code readability ~47% software developers often take code readability 35
- 37. WRITING CODE REVIEWING CODE ~26% softwaredevelopers consider readability more when writing code than when reviewing code written by their peers ~13% software developers consider readability more when reviewing code by their peers than when writing code 36
- 38. Achieved results inthe study the evolution of code readability during the life of a software system 37
- 39. VALENTINA PIANTADOSI valentina.piantadosi@unimol.it INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND THANKYOU FOR THE ATTENTION!