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Title:

40 Years of Designing Code Comprehension Experiments: A Systematic Mapping Study

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
Wyrich, Marvin; Bogner, Justus; Wagner, Stefan
Abstract:
The relevance of code comprehension in a developer's daily work was recognized more than 40 years ago. Consequently, many experiments were conducted to find out how developers could be supported during code comprehension and which code characteristics contribute to better comprehension. Today, such studies are more common than ever. While this is great for advancing the field, the number of publications makes it difficult to keep an overview. Additionally, designing rigorous code comprehension e...     »
Keywords:
empirical study design, Systematic mapping study, program comprehension, code comprehension
Journal title:
ACM Computing Surveys
Year:
2023
Journal volume:
56
Month:
nov
Journal issue:
4
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1145/3626522
WWW:
https://doi.org/10.1145/3626522
Publisher:
Association for Computing Machinery
Print-ISSN:
0360-0300
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