Gamification of a Static Analysis Tool: A brief look into developer motivation

Software development is more than only implementing the functional code. A developer is also responsible for writing code measuring up to certain standards and conventions. These conventions make sure that the code is of a particular quality that improves readability and eases maintainability. Some of these conventions are checked by automated...

Faster Onboarding of Developers in Existing Codebases

When a new software developer joins bunq, a Dutch bank, (s)he will need some time to get familiar with the existing codebase. Preferably, the time necessary for the familiarisation is as short as possible. The faster the developer is up to speed, the faster (s)he can contribute to new features and help solving bugs. This research develops a...