Enterprise-level search-based software remodularisation using domain knowledge

As software systems evolve over time, the quality of its structure and code degrade unless developers regularly maintain it, requiring significant effort. Automated tools to help developers maintain software have been well-studied in the past. <br/>In particular, software remodularisation tools focus on improving the code structure quality with...

Machine Learning for Software Refactoring: a Large-Scale Empirical Study

Refactorings tackle the challenge of architectural degradation of object-oriented software projects by improving its internal structure without changing the behavior. Refactorings improve software quality and maintainability if applied correctly. However, identifying refactoring opportunities is a challenging problem for developers and...

Investigating Whether Clean Code Helps Developers in Understanding a New Project

When developers enter a project, often a vast amount of existing code exists for them to understand. Improving the understandability of the code should help them in getting up to speed. This study researches two methods that could improve the understandability of the code for newcomers: Refactoring the code to adhere to Clean Code guidelines and...