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Measuring program comprehension

Xin Xia, Lingfeng Bao, David Lo, Zhenchang Xing, Ahmed E. Hassan, Shanping Li

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Abstract

During software development and maintenance, developers spend a considerable amount of time on program comprehension. Previous studies show that program comprehension takes up as much as half of a developer's time. However, most of these studies are performed in a controlled setting, or with a small number of participants, and investigate the program comprehension activities only within the IDEs. However, developers' program comprehension activities go well beyond their IDE interactions.

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During software development and maintenance, developers spend a considerable amount of time on program comprehension. Previous studies show that program comprehension takes up as much as half of a developer's time. However, most of these studies are performed in a controlled setting, or with a small number of participants, and investigate the program comprehension activities only within the IDEs. However, developers' program comprehension activities go well beyond their IDE interactions.

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During software development and maintenance, developers spend a considerable amount of time on program comprehension. Previous studies show that program comprehension takes up as much as half of a developer's time. However, most of these studies are performed in a controlled setting, or with a small number of participants, and investigate the program comprehension activities only within the IDEs. However, developers' program comprehension activities go well beyond their IDE interactions.

Key concepts: Program comprehension, Comprehension, Computer science, Software maintenance, Software engineering, Software, Software development, Programming language

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