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Software testing is an integral part of modern software engineering practice. Past research has not only underlined its significance, but also revealed its multi-faceted nature. The practice of software testing and its adoption is…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-08-02 Mark Swillus , Andy Zaidman

Software practitioners discuss problems at work with peers, in-person and online. These discussions can be technical (e.g., how to fix a bug?) and social (e.g., how to assign work fairly?). While there is a growing body of knowledge…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-08-05 Emeralda Sesari , Federica Sarro , Ayushi Rastogi

Human values such as integrity, privacy, curiosity, security, and honesty are guiding principles for what people consider important in life. Such human values may be violated by mobile software applications (apps), and the negative effects…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-03-16 Humphrey O. Obie , Idowu Ilekura , Hung Du , Mojtaba Shahin , John Grundy , Li Li , Jon Whittle , Burak Turhan

Human values (e.g., pleasure, privacy, and social justice) are what a person or a society considers important. The inability to address them in software-intensive systems can result in numerous undesired consequences (e.g., financial…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-07-27 Mojtaba Shahin , Waqar Hussain , Arif Nurwidyantoro , Harsha Perera , Rifat Shams , John Grundy , Jon Whittle

Stack Overflow incentive system awards users with reputation scores to ensure quality. The decentralized nature of the forum may make the incentive system prone to manipulation. This paper offers, for the first time, a comprehensive study…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-08-02 Iren Mazloomzadeh , Gias Uddin , Foutse Khomh , Ashkan Sami

Context: Stack Overflow is a popular community question and answer portal used by practitioners to solve problems during software development. Developers can focus their attention on answers that have been accepted or where members have…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Osayande P. Omondiagbe , Sherlock A. Licorish , Stephen G. MacDonell

Stack Overflow (SO) is a popular platform among developers seeking advice on various software-related topics, including privacy and security. As for many knowledge-sharing websites, the value of SO depends largely on users' engagement,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-07-05 Nicolás E. Díaz Ferreyra , Melina Vidoni , Maritta Heisel , Riccardo Scandariato

Stack Overflow hosts valuable programming-related knowledge with 11,926,354 links that reference to the third-party websites. The links that reference to the resources hosted outside the Stack Overflow websites extend the Stack Overflow…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-02-15 Jiakun Liu , Xin Xia , David Lo , Haoxiang Zhang , Ying Zou , Ahmed E. Hassan , Shanping Li

In an era of rapidly expanding software usage, catering to the diverse needs of users from various backgrounds has become a critical challenge. Inclusiveness, representing a core human value, is frequently overlooked during software…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Nowshin Nawar Arony , Ze Shi Li , Daniela Damian , Bowen Xu

Human values such as honesty, social responsibility, fairness, privacy, and the like are things considered important by individuals and society. Software systems, including mobile software applications (apps), may ignore or violate such…

Software developers experience and share a wide range of emotions throughout a rich ecosystem of communication channels. A recent trend that has emerged in empirical software engineering studies is leveraging sentiment analysis of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-03-07 Nicole Novielli , Fabio Calefato , Filippo Lanubile

Software applications play an increasingly critical role in various aspects of our lives, from communication and entertainment to business and healthcare. As these applications become more pervasive, the importance of considering human…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-09-13 Humphrey O. Obie , Juliet Ukwella , Kashumi Madampe , John Grundy , Mojtaba Shahin

Many modern software applications present numerous ethical concerns due to conflicts between users' values and companies' priorities. Intersectional communities, those with multiple marginalized identities, are disproportionately affected…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-10-11 Lauren Olson , Tom P. Humbert , Ricarda Anna-Lena Fischer , Bob Westerveld , Florian Kunneman , Emitzá Guzmán

Context: Software developers are increasingly facing the challenges of writing code that is not only concurrent but also correct. Objective: To help these developers, it is necessary to understand concurrency topics they are interested in,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-09-13 Mehdi Bagherzadeh , Syed Ahmed , Srilakshmi Sripathi , Raffi Khatchadourian

Community Question-Answering platforms, such as Stack Overflow (SO), are valuable knowledge exchange and problem-solving resources. These platforms incorporate mechanisms to assess the quality of answers and participants' expertise, ideally…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-02-02 Maddalena Amendola , Cosimo Rulli , Carlos Castillo , Andrea Passarella , Raffaele Perego

Programming is a valuable skill in the labor market, making the underrepresentation of women in computing an increasingly important issue. Online question and answer platforms serve a dual purpose in this field: they form a body of…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-08-26 Anna May , Johannes Wachs , Aniko Hannak

We performed two online surveys of Stack Overflow answerers and visitors to assess their awareness to outdated code and software licenses in Stack Overflow answerers. The answerer survey targeted 607 highly reputed Stack Overflow users and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-06-22 Chaiyong Ragkhitwetsagul , Jens Krinke , Rocco Oliveto

Online programming discussion platforms such as Stack Overflow serve as a rich source of information for software developers. Available information include vibrant discussions and oftentimes ready-to-use code snippets. Anecdotes report that…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-10-10 Felix Fischer , Konstantin Böttinger , Huang Xiao , Christian Stransky , Yasemin Acar , Michael Backes , Sascha Fahl

Software developers share programming solutions in Q&A sites like Stack Overflow. The reuse of crowd-sourced code snippets can facilitate rapid prototyping. However, recent research shows that the shared code snippets may be of low quality…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-01-21 Morteza Verdi , Ashkan Sami , Jafar Akhondali , Foutse Khomh , Gias Uddin , Alireza Karami Motlagh

Failure to account for human values in software (e.g., equality and fairness) can result in user dissatisfaction and negative socio-economic impact. Engineering these values in software, however, requires technical and methodological…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-07-19 Harsha Perera , Arif Nurwidyantoro , Waqar Hussain , Davoud Mougouei , Jon Whittle , Rifat Ara Shams , Gillian Oliver