Publication: A large-scale empirical exploration on refactoring activities in open source software projects
A large-scale empirical exploration on refactoring activities in open source software projects
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Vassallo, C., Grano, G., Palomba, F., Gall, H. C., & Bacchelli, A. (2019). A large-scale empirical exploration on refactoring activities in open source software projects. Science of Computer Programming, 180, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scico.2019.05.002
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Refactoring is a well-established practice that aims at improving the internal structure of a software system without changing its external behavior. Existing literature provides evidence of how and why developers perform refactoring in practice. In this paper, we continue on this line of research by performing a large-scale empirical analysis of refactoring practices in 200 open source systems. Specifically, we analyze the change history of these systems at commit level to investigate: (i) whether developers perform refactoring opera
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- Vassallo, Carmine
- Grano, Giovanni
- Palomba, Fabio
- Bacchelli, Alberto
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Vassallo, C., Grano, G., Palomba, F., Gall, H. C., & Bacchelli, A. (2019). A large-scale empirical exploration on refactoring activities in open source software projects. Science of Computer Programming, 180, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scico.2019.05.002
