The Impact of a Live Refactoring Environment on Software Development

• Tipo: Artigo em Livro de Atas de Conferência Internacional
• Data: 2024

Autores

Fernandes, S (Autor) Outra; Ademar Aguiar (Autor) FEUP; André Restivo (Autor) FEUP

Ata de Conferência Internacional

Título: Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE/ACM 46th International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings, ICSE Companion 2024, Lisbon, Portugal, April 14-20, 2024

Páginas: 337-338

46th International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion, ICSE-Companion 2024

Lisbon, 14 April 2024 through 20 April 2024

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ID Authenticus: P-010-DYQ

DOI: 10.1145/3639478.3643100

Abstract (EN): Reading, adapting, and maintaining complex software can be a daunting task. We might need to refactor it to streamline the process and make the code cleaner and self-explanatory. Traditional refactoring tools guide developers to achieve better-quality code. However, the feedback and assistance they provide can take considerable time. To tackle this issue, we explored the concept of Live Refactoring. This approach focuses on delivering real-time, visually-driven refactoring suggestions. That way, we prototyped a Live Refactoring Environment that visually identifies, recommends, and applies several refactorings in real-time. To validate its effectiveness, we conducted a set of experiments. Those showed that our approach significantly improved various code quality metrics and outperformed the results obtained from manually refactoring code. © 2024 IEEE Computer Society. All rights reserved.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 1