Program understanding plays a pivotal role in software maintenance and evolution: a deep
understanding of code is the step** stone for most software-related activities, such as bug …

Understanding software is an inherent requirement for many maintenance and evolution
tasks. Without a thorough understanding of the code, developers would not be able to fix …

The maintainability of open-source supply chain software is crucial for ensuring the security
and efficiency of software systems. This research will focus on this area by identifying …

Code reading is one of the most frequent activities in software maintenance. Such an activity
aims at acquiring information from the code and, thus, it is a prerequisite for program …

Beyond the functional requirements of a system, software maintainability is essential for
project success. While there exists a large knowledge base of software maintainability, this …

Code reading is an activity frequently performed by developers. Before modifying code,
developers have to read it, especially if it was authored by others. Several studies have …

Unit testing is the important yet the most laborious testing activity because the developer
must create and execute unit tests for each class that is created. Unit tests can be created …

Due to required efforts and the challenges involved in understanding the quantification of
software quality, researchers have chosen varying quality attributes to describe the …

Many systems and software processes overfocus on getting a project and product from an
initial set of requirements to an Initial Operational Capability (IOC). Examples are most …

Despite recent advancements in automated code quality and defect finding tools,
developers spend a significant amount of time completing code reviews. Code …