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Asking and answering questions during a programming change task

Sillito et al., 2008

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260880476646980325
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Sillito J
Murphy G
De Volder K
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IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

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Little is known about the specific kinds of questions programmers ask when evolving a code base and how well existing tools support those questions. To better support the activity of programming, answers are needed to three broad research questions: 1) What does a …
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