This book highlights recent research advances in various domains related to software
ecosystems such as library reuse, collaborative development, cloud computing, open …

This chapter defines and presents the kinds of software ecosystems that are targeted in this
book. The focus is on the development, tooling, and analytics aspects of “software …

Empirical studies in software engineering use software repositories as data sources to
understand software development. Repository data is either used to answer questions that …

Invoking APIs is a common way to improve the efficiency of software development.
Developers often discuss various problems encountered or share the experience of using …

Selecting a library from a vast ecosystem can be a daunting task. The libraries are not only
numerous, but they also lack an enumeration of the features they offer. A feature …

It is common in contemporary software development to reuse features provided by third-
party libraries. Reusing features instead of re-implementing them from scratch can reduce …

Libraries in a software ecosystem target a well-defined domain (eg, PDF, collections, etc.)
and offer functionalities to client systems through their API. The instantiation of one or …