Context Static analysis exploits techniques that parse program source code or bytecode,
often traversing program paths to check some program properties. Static analysis …

Context Testing is a critical and costly activity in the life cycle of a mobile application, due to
the growing request of new applications and to the rapid evolution of mobile devices and …

This paper compares a large set of programming languages regarding their efficiency,
including from an energetic point-of-view. Indeed, we seek to establish and analyze different …

This paper presents a study of the runtime, memory usage and energy consumption of
twenty seven well-known software languages. We monitor the performance of such …

Software engineers make use of design patterns for reasons that range from performance to
code comprehensibility. Several design patterns capturing the body of knowledge of best …

Energy is a critical resource for apps that run on mobile devices. Among all operations,
making HTTP requests is one of the most energy consuming. Previous studies have shown …

Universal design principles aim to improve accessibility by ensuring product designs
consider all users, including those with certain disabilities (eg, visual impairments). In the …

Mobile and wearable devices are nowadays the de facto personal computers, while desktop
computers are becoming less popular. Therefore, it is important for companies to deliver …

Android code smells are bad implementation practices within Android applications (or apps)
that may lead to poor software quality. These code smells are known to degrade the …

The rising popularity of mobile apps deployed on battery-constrained devices underlines the
need for effectively evaluating their energy properties. However, currently there is a lack of …