During software development and maintenance, developers spend a considerable amount
of time on program comprehension activities. Previous studies show that program …

To protect sensitive data processed by current applications, developers, whether security
experts or not, have to rely on cryptography. While cryptography algorithms have become …

Third-party libraries play a key role in software development as they can relieve developers
of the heavy burden of re-implementing common functionalities. However, third-party …

UI design is an integral part of software development. For many developers who do not have
much UI design experience, exposing them to a large database of real-application UI …

Traditional code search engines often do not perform well with natural language queries
since they mostly apply keyword matching. These engines thus need carefully designed …

For decades, much software engineering research has been dedicated to devising
automated solutions aimed at enhancing developer productivity and elevating software …

Modern software development builds on external Web services reuse as a promising way
that allows developers delivering feature-rich software by composing existing Web service …

With the prevalence of web techniques and Internet-of-Things networks, an increasing
number of developers build software by invoking existing application programming …

In empirical studies on processes, practices, and techniques of software engineering,
automation and machine learning are gaining popularity. In order to extract knowledge from …

Context: Software library reuse has significantly increased the productivity of software
developers, reduced time-to-market and improved software quality and reusability. However …