On the roles of APIs in the coordination of collaborative software development

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 445-475

  De Souza, Cleidson R B ^a   Redmiles, David F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Application programming interfaces; Collaborative software development; Coordination; Interfaces; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API); GROUPWARE;

COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARES; COMMUNICATION MECHANISMS; COORDINATION; COORDINATION OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION HIDING; QUALITATIVE STUDY; SOFTWARE DEVELOPER; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS; SOFTWARE MODULES;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 73449102825     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: 15737551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-009-9101-3     Document Type: Article

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