Developer Happiness Days

Measuring Happiness: From Fluctuating Happiness to Authentic–Durable Happiness

On the basis of the theoretical distinction between self-centeredness and selflessness (Dambrun and Ricard, 2011), the main goal of this research was to develop two new scales assessing distinct dimensions of happiness. By trying to maximize pleasures and to avoid displeasures, we propose that a self-centered functioning induces a fluctuating happiness in which phases of pleasure and displeasur...

Cga-LoD – Developer Documentation

Guidelines for Developer Documentation

OmniMark Developer Resources - Etcetera

There are hundreds of template languages in existence. A cursory search of the Web will turn up dozens of stand-alone and library implementations. Most template languages, however, serve as a hidden part of another software system: they can be found in publishing systems, content management systems, word processors, macro and meta-programming engines, and many other places. A well-known but per...

API-related Developer Profiling

We analyze the version history of software projects to determine API-related profiles of software developers. To this end, we identify API references in source-code changes and aggregate such references through suitable metrics that provide different views on the API usage per developer so that certain conclusions regarding developer experience or comparisons between developers become feasible....