Context: Recent research indicates that Web queries written by software developers are not very successful in retrieving relevant results, performing measurably worse compared to general purpose queries. Most approaches up this point have addressed problem with engineering-specific automated query reformulation techniques, which work without developer involvement but limited the content of orig...

Code remains largely hand-made by humans and, as such, writing code is prone to error. Many previous studies have focused on the technical reasons for these errors and provided developers with increasingly sophisticated tools. Few looked in detail at why been made from a human perspective. We use Human Error Theory frame our exploratory study semi-structured interviews uncover preliminary under...

Any book on Software Engineering will tell you that usually more time is spent in maintenance of a software than in any other effort for the project. This makes design of existing code very important, and its maintenance and improvement even more so. A code that is evolving over, say 5 years, is no longer half as good as the original design, which already was marred by pressing deadlines. Enter...

A gile software development centers on four values, which are identified in the Agile Alliance's Manifesto: 1. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools 2. Working software over comprehensive documentation 3. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation 4. Responding to change over following a plan The development of Agile software requires innovation and responsiveness, based o...