DRIVER - A platform for collaborative framework understanding

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2015

Authors

Nuno Flores (Author) FEUP; Ademar Aguiar (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: 2015 30TH IEEE/ACM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTOMATED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (ASE)

Pages: 783-788

30th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering Workshops (ASEW)

Lincoln, NE, NOV 09-13, 2015

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 1 Citation

Scopus - 2 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

CORDIS: Physical sciences > Computer science > Programming > Software engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00K-DQ0

DOI: 10.1109/ase.2015.105

Abstract (EN): Application frameworks are a powerful technique for large-scale reuse but often very hard to learn from scratch. Although good documentation helps on reducing the learning curve, it is often found lacking, and costly, as it needs to attend different audiences with disparate learning needs. When code and documentation prove insufficient, developers turn to their network of experts. The lack of awareness about the experts, interrupting the wrong people, and experts unavailability are well known hindrances to effective collaboration. This paper presents the DRIVER platform, a collaborative learning environment for framework users to share their knowledge. It provides the documentation on a wiki, where the learning paths of the community of learners can be captured, shared, rated, and recommended, thus tapping into the collective knowledge of the community of framework users. The tool can be obtained at http://bit.ly/driverTool.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6