The end-to-end use of source code examples: An exploratory study

IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, ICSM

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 555-558

  Holmes, Reid ^a   Cottrell, Rylan ^b   Walker, Robert J ^b   Denzinger, Jörg ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

END-TO-END TASK; END-USES; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; SOURCE CODES; TOOL SUPPORT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; ENERGY CONVERSION;

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API);

EID: 70849103770     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSM.2009.5306387     Document Type: Conference Paper

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