Supporting Reusability of Online Code Examples

支持在线代码示例的可重用性

• 批准号: RGPIN-2022-05114
• 负责人: ASADUZZAMAN, MUHAMMAD
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Lakehead University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=749777
• 关键词: Supporting; Reusability; Online; Code; Examples

Developers extensively search for code examples on software information sites and open-source software repositories to reuse existing solutions to solve problems instead of working from the scratch. This saves both development time and effort. However, the problem is that many of those code examples are not reliable. Those code examples lack important details (e.g., missing configurations, library dependencies, and code lines) that prevent their reuse. Online code examples can also contain errors or suffer from security vulnerabilities. The proposed research program aims to address the above-mentioned issues using a combination of empirical studies and the development of techniques to ease their use. A total of six graduate students and five undergraduate students will be trained with this grant over the next five years. The research findings will be disseminated in leading refereed journals and conferences, and will be presented at premier software engineering conferences.

开发人员在软件信息站点和开源软件存储库上广泛搜索代码示例，以重用现有的解决方案来解决问题，而不是从头开始工作。这节省了开发时间和精力。然而，问题是这些代码示例中的许多都不可靠。这些代码示例缺少重要的细节（例如，缺少配置、库依赖项和代码行），从而阻止了它们的重用。在线代码示例也可能包含错误或存在安全漏洞。拟议的研究计划旨在解决上述问题，使用经验研究和技术的发展相结合，以方便他们的使用。在未来五年内，共有六名研究生和五名本科生将利用这笔赠款接受培训。研究结果将在领先的期刊和会议上传播，并将在首屈一指的软件工程会议上发表。