Bad smells are sub-optimal code structures that may represent problems needing attention.
We conduct an extensive literature review on bad smells relying on a large body of …

Context Reusing a design pattern is not always in the favor of developers. Thus, the code
starts smelling. The presence of “Code Smells” leads to more difficulties for the developers …

Context Smells in software systems impair software quality and make them hard to maintain
and evolve. The software engineering community has explored various dimensions …

Every programmer has a characteristic style, ranging from preferences about identifier
naming to preferences about object relationships and design patterns. Coding conventions …

In past and recent years, the issues related to managing technical debt received significant
attention by researchers from both industry and academia. There are several factors that …

In the last decade several catalogues have been defined to characterize bad code smells,
ie, symptoms of poor design and implementation choices. On top of such catalogues …

To ensure code readability and facilitate software maintenance, program methods must be
named properly. In particular, method names must be consistent with the corresponding …

Refactoring is the art of improving the structural design of a software system without altering
its external behavior. Today, refactoring has become a well-established and disciplined …

Antipatterns are known as poor solutions to recurring problems. For example, Brown et al.
and Fowler define practices concerning poor design or implementation solutions. However …

Context: Code smell is a term commonly used to describe potential problems in the design
of software. The concept is well accepted by the software engineering community. However …