Static Analysis Complements Machine Learning: A Type Inference Use Case

Type inference plays a pivotal role in modern software development as it aids in understanding code, detecting errors, and facilitating code completion. Two main approaches, static analysis, and machine learning, contribute to this process. Each approach has its own benefits and limitations. This thesis investigates the potential of combining...

Analyzing the Criticality of NPM Packages Through a Time-Dependent Dependency Graph

In (open-source) development, developers routinely rely on other libraries to improve their coding efficiency by reusing code. This reliance on other packages could cause issues when critical dependencies have suddenly have a vulnerability introduced to them. This work analyzes the criticality for NPM. To get an accurate picture of what the most...

Analyzing the effect of introducing time as a component in Python dependency graphs

The use of open-source packages is a common practice among developers. It decreases the development time and improves maintainability. But adding a dependency to a project comes with inherit risks such as introducing vulnerabilities. A few solutions that help visualize all of the dependencies of a project exist already. However, none provide the...

Analyzing the Criticality of Apache Maven Packages Through a Temporal Dependency Graph

Developers rely on different software to improve their efficiency as to reuse parts of code and be able to maintain it with ease, which is why open source software libraries have gained much pop- ularity over the past years. This paper analyzes what are the most used packages from Apache Maven, which is a build automation tool used primarily for...

Using a Time Dependency Graph to find the most widely used Debian package

The main principle of Open Source development is that developers can reuse different libraries over and over again to make their lives easier. That is why this practice has gained a lot of popularity. However, libraries usually depend on other already existing pieces of code. This means that whenever some small piece of code fails, the whole...

Finding most used software application by using a time-dependency graph

Using open-source packages when developing software applications is the general practice among a vast amount of software developers. However, importing open-source code which may depend on other existing technologies may lead to the appearance of a transitive dependency chain. As a result, failure of packages with a high amount of transitive...

Data Driven Decisions: Validating and Supporting a Continuous Experimentation Development Environment

The number of conducted A/B tests is growing throughout companies in software development. Many of these companies develop their own in-house Experimentation Platform to support these experiments. In this thesis we identify factors that influence the trustworthiness and soundness of A/B tests by conducting a literature review. We discuss...