The test code, just like production source code, is subject to bad design and programming
practices, also known as smells. The presence of test smells in a software project may affect …

Refactoring is the art of improving the structural design of a software system without altering
its external behavior. Today, refactoring has become a well-established and disciplined …

Abstract The concept of Self-Affirmed Refactoring (SAR) was introduced to explore how
developers document their refactoring activities in commit messages, ie, developers explicit …

Software refactoring focuses on improving software quality by applying changes to the
internal structure that do not alter the observable behavior. Determining which refactorings …

Refactoring is widely recognized as one of the efficient techniques to manage technical debt
and maintain a healthy software project through enforcing best design practices, or co** …

Modern code review is a widely used technique employed in both industrial and open-
source projects to improve software quality, share knowledge, and ensure adherence to …

Bug assignment is a burden for projects receiving many bug reports. To automate the
process of assigning bug reports to the appropriate developers, several studies have relied …

Identifiers make up a majority of the text in code. They are one of the most basic mediums
through which developers describe the code they create and understand the code that …

Commit messages are used in the industry by developers to annotate changes made to the
code. Accurate classification of these messages can help monitor the software evolution …

An essential activity of software maintenance is the refactoring of source code. Refactoring
operations enable developers to take necessary actions to correct bad programming …