The longevity of evolving software systems largely depends on their resilience to
architectural design degradation. It is often assumed that code anomalies are always key …

Software smells indicate design or code issues that might degrade the evolution and
maintenance of software systems. Detecting and identifying these issues are challenging …

Code smells indicate problems in design or code which makes software hard to change and
maintain. It has become a sign of software systems that cause complications in maintaining …

Microservice Architecture (MSA) is becoming the predominant direction of new cloud-based
applications. There are many advantages to using microservices, but also downsides to …

Software refactoring is a process to restructure an existing software code while keeping its
external behavior the same. Currently, various refactoring techniques are being used to …

Most empirical studies of open source software repositories focus on the analysis of isolated
projects, or restrict themselves to the study of the relationships between technical artifacts. In …

Context: In this paper, we investigate how developers discuss code smells and anti-patterns
across three technical Stack Exchange sites. Understanding developers perceptions of …

Developers continuously maintain software systems to adapt to new requirements and to fix
bugs. Due to the complexity of maintenance tasks and the time-to-market, developers make …

Assessment of code smell for predicting software change proneness is essential to ensure
its significance in the area of software quality. While multiple studies have been conducted …

Code smells indicate software design problems that harm software quality. Data-intensive
systems that frequently access databases often suffer from SQL code smells besides the …