Software Bots in Software Engineering: Benefits and Challenges
Mairieli Wessel (TU Delft - Software Engineering)
Marco A. Gerosa (Universidade de São Paulo, Northern Arizona University)
Emad Shihab (Concordia University)
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Abstract
Software bots are becoming increasingly popular in software engineering (SE). In this tutorial, we define what a bot is and present several examples. We also discuss the many benefits bots provide to the SE community, including helping in development tasks (such as pull request review and integration) and onboarding newcomers to a project. Finally, we discuss the challenges related to interacting with and developing software bots.
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