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The Need for Richer Refactoring Usage Data
| Content Provider | CiteSeerX |
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| Author | Negara, Stas Vakilian, Mohsen Chen, Nicholas Zilouchian, Roshanak Rajkumar, Balaji Ambresh Ralph, Moghaddam Johnson, E. |
| Abstract | Even though modern Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) support many refactorings, studies suggest that automated refactorings are used infrequently, and few developers use anything beyond Rename and Extract refactorings. Little is known about why automated refactorings are seldom used. We present a list of challenging questions whose answers are crucial for understanding the usability issues of refactoring tools. This paper argues that the existing data sources—Eclipse UDC, Eclipse refactoring histories, version control histories, etc.—are inadequate for answering these questions. Finally, we introduce our tools to collect richer usage data that will enable us to answer some of the open research questions about the usability of refactoring tools. Findings from our data will foster the design of the next generation of refactoring tools. Categories and Subject Descriptors D.2.6 [Software Engineering]: |
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| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Open Research Question Version Control History Modern Integrated Development Environment Many Refactorings Refactoring Tool Extract Refactorings Software Engineering Automated Refactorings Usage Data Usability Issue Data Source Eclipse Udc Richer Refactoring Usage Data |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
