Searching API usage examples in code repositories with sourcerer API search

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 5-8

  Bajracharya, Sushil ^a   Ossher, Joel ^a   Lopes, Cristina ^a  

^a 5226 Donald Bren Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

API search; exploratory code search; search driven development; search user interface; software information retrieval

Indexed keywords

CODE INDEX; CODE SEARCH; EXPLORATORY CODE SEARCH; QUERY REFORMULATION; SEARCH INTERFACES; SEARCH RESULTS; SEARCH USER INTERFACE; UNIQUE FEATURES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 77954733548     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1809175.1809177     Document Type: Conference Paper

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