Obstacles in using frameworks and APIs: An exploratory study of programmers' newsgroup discussions

IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 91-100

  Hou, Daqing ^a   Li, Lin ^a  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

APIs; AWT Swing; Case Studies; Frameworks; Usability

Indexed keywords

APIS; AWT/SWING; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FRAMEWORKS; LEARNABILITY; SOFTWARE FRAMEWORKS; SOFTWARE PRODUCTIVITY; USABILITY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 80052400207     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPC.2011.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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