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A Study of Visual Studio Usage in Practice

Amann, Sven ; Proksch, Sebastian ; Nadi, Sarah ; Mezini, Mira (2016)
A Study of Visual Studio Usage in Practice.
23rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering. Osaka, Japan (14-18 March 2016)
Konferenzveröffentlichung, Bibliographie

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) provide a convenient standalone solution that supports developers during various phases of software development. In order to provide better support for developers within such IDEs, we need to understand how much time developers spend using various parts of a given IDE and how often they use available assistance tools. To infer useful conclusions, such information should be gathered for different types of IDEs for different languages. In this paper, we instrument the previously unexplored Visual Studio IDE and track the interactions of developers at an industry partner's software-development department. As a result, we capture interactions for more than 6300 hours of work time, from between 27 and 84 professional C# developers. Our work reports how much time professional developers spend on activities such as code editing and execution or navigation, as well as how often they use assistance tools provided by the IDE. We compare our findings to those of prior studies involving other IDEs and discuss the implications of the commonalities and differences for research on (integrated) developer-assistance tools.

Typ des Eintrags: Konferenzveröffentlichung
Erschienen: 2016
Autor(en): Amann, Sven ; Proksch, Sebastian ; Nadi, Sarah ; Mezini, Mira
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: A Study of Visual Studio Usage in Practice
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 22 Januar 2016
Reihe: SANER '16
Veranstaltungstitel: 23rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering
Veranstaltungsort: Osaka, Japan
Veranstaltungsdatum: 14-18 March 2016
URL / URN: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SANER.2016.39
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) provide a convenient standalone solution that supports developers during various phases of software development. In order to provide better support for developers within such IDEs, we need to understand how much time developers spend using various parts of a given IDE and how often they use available assistance tools. To infer useful conclusions, such information should be gathered for different types of IDEs for different languages. In this paper, we instrument the previously unexplored Visual Studio IDE and track the interactions of developers at an industry partner's software-development department. As a result, we capture interactions for more than 6300 hours of work time, from between 27 and 84 professional C# developers. Our work reports how much time professional developers spend on activities such as code editing and execution or navigation, as well as how often they use assistance tools provided by the IDE. We compare our findings to those of prior studies involving other IDEs and discuss the implications of the commonalities and differences for research on (integrated) developer-assistance tools.

Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 20 Fachbereich Informatik > Softwaretechnik
20 Fachbereich Informatik
Hinterlegungsdatum: 10 Feb 2016 10:49
Letzte Änderung: 28 Sep 2016 09:06
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