An approach to prioritize code smells for refactoring

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Vidal, Santiago Agustín; Marcos, Claudia Andrea; Diaz Pace, Jorge Andres
Año de publicación
2016
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Code smells are a popular mechanism to find structural design problems in software systems. Consequently, several tools have emerged to support the detection of code smells. However, the number of smells returned by current tools usually exceeds the amount of problems that the developer can deal with, particularly when the effort available for performing refactorings is limited. Moreover, not all the code smells are equally relevant to the goals of the system or its health. This article presents a semi-automated approach that helps developers focus on the most critical problems of the system. We have developed a tool that suggests a ranking of code smells, based on a combination of three criteria, namely: past component modifications, important modifiability scenarios for the system, and relevance of the kind of smell. These criteria are complementary and enable our approach to assess the smells from different perspectives. Our approach has been evaluated in two case-studies, and the results show that the suggested code smells are useful to developers.
Fil: Vidal, Santiago Agustín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software; Argentina
Fil: Marcos, Claudia Andrea. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Sistemas Tandil; Argentina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
Fil: Diaz Pace, Jorge Andres. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software; Argentina
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Code Smells
Design Problems
Refactoring
Software Evolution
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv An approach to prioritize code smells for refactoring
title An approach to prioritize code smells for refactoring
spellingShingle An approach to prioritize code smells for refactoring
Vidal, Santiago Agustín
Code Smells
Design Problems
Refactoring
Software Evolution
title_short An approach to prioritize code smells for refactoring
title_full An approach to prioritize code smells for refactoring
title_fullStr An approach to prioritize code smells for refactoring
title_full_unstemmed An approach to prioritize code smells for refactoring
title_sort An approach to prioritize code smells for refactoring
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Vidal, Santiago Agustín
Marcos, Claudia Andrea
Diaz Pace, Jorge Andres
author Vidal, Santiago Agustín
author_facet Vidal, Santiago Agustín
Marcos, Claudia Andrea
Diaz Pace, Jorge Andres
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author2 Marcos, Claudia Andrea
Diaz Pace, Jorge Andres
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Code Smells
Design Problems
Refactoring
Software Evolution
topic Code Smells
Design Problems
Refactoring
Software Evolution
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Code smells are a popular mechanism to find structural design problems in software systems. Consequently, several tools have emerged to support the detection of code smells. However, the number of smells returned by current tools usually exceeds the amount of problems that the developer can deal with, particularly when the effort available for performing refactorings is limited. Moreover, not all the code smells are equally relevant to the goals of the system or its health. This article presents a semi-automated approach that helps developers focus on the most critical problems of the system. We have developed a tool that suggests a ranking of code smells, based on a combination of three criteria, namely: past component modifications, important modifiability scenarios for the system, and relevance of the kind of smell. These criteria are complementary and enable our approach to assess the smells from different perspectives. Our approach has been evaluated in two case-studies, and the results show that the suggested code smells are useful to developers.
Fil: Vidal, Santiago Agustín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software; Argentina
Fil: Marcos, Claudia Andrea. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Sistemas Tandil; Argentina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
Fil: Diaz Pace, Jorge Andres. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Instituto Superior de Ingeniería del Software; Argentina
description Code smells are a popular mechanism to find structural design problems in software systems. Consequently, several tools have emerged to support the detection of code smells. However, the number of smells returned by current tools usually exceeds the amount of problems that the developer can deal with, particularly when the effort available for performing refactorings is limited. Moreover, not all the code smells are equally relevant to the goals of the system or its health. This article presents a semi-automated approach that helps developers focus on the most critical problems of the system. We have developed a tool that suggests a ranking of code smells, based on a combination of three criteria, namely: past component modifications, important modifiability scenarios for the system, and relevance of the kind of smell. These criteria are complementary and enable our approach to assess the smells from different perspectives. Our approach has been evaluated in two case-studies, and the results show that the suggested code smells are useful to developers.
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Vidal, Santiago Agustín; Marcos, Claudia Andrea; Diaz Pace, Jorge Andres; An approach to prioritize code smells for refactoring; Springer; Automated Software Engineering; 23; 3; 9-2016; 501-532
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