Recent software advances have led to an expansion of the development and usage of
application programming interfaces (APIs). From millions of Android packages (APKs) …

Software developers need access to different kinds of information which is often dispersed
among different documentation sources, such as API documentation or Stack Overflow. We …

Programmers learning how to use an API or a programming language often rely on code
examples to support their learning activities. However, what makes for an effective ode …

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) provide powerful abstraction mechanisms that
enable complex functionality to be used by client programs. However, this abstraction does …

README files play an essential role in sha** a developer's first impression of a software
repository and in documenting the software project that the repository hosts. Yet, we lack a …

Reading reference documentation is an important part of programming with application
programming interfaces (APIs). Reference documentation complements the API by providing …

Platforms such as Stack Overflow are available for software practitioners to solicit help and
solutions to their challenges and knowledge needs. This community's practices have in …

Traditionally, many types of software documentation, such as API documentation, require a
process where a few people write for many potential users. The resulting documentation …

In this paper, we present the first exploratory study of deprecated Python library APIs to
understand the status quo of API deprecation in the realm of Python libraries. Specifically …

Many software development projects struggle with creating and communicating a testing
culture that is appropriate for the project's needs. This may degrade software quality by …