Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
9-2017
Abstract
We advocate for a paradigm shift in supporting the information needs of developers, centered around the concept of automated on-demand developer documentation. Currently, developer information needs are fulfilled by asking experts or consulting documentation. Unfortunately, traditional documentation practices are inefficient because of, among others, the manual nature of its creation and the gap between the creators and consumers. We discuss the major challenges we face in realizing such a paradigm shift, highlight existing research that can be leveraged to this end, and promote opportunities for increased convergence in research on software documentation.
Keywords
Documentation, Software, Tools, Data mining, Manuals, Tutorials
Discipline
Databases and Information Systems | Software Engineering
Research Areas
Software and Cyber-Physical Systems
Publication
Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution, Shanghai, China, 2017 September 17-22
First Page
479
Last Page
483
ISBN
9781538609927
Identifier
10.1109/ICSME.2017.17
Publisher
IEEE
City or Country
Piscataway, NJ
Citation
ROBILLARD, Martin P.; MARCUS, Andrian; TREUDE, Christoph; BAVOTA, Gabriele; CHAPARRO, Oscar; ERNST, Neil; GEROSA, Marco Aurélio; GODFREY, Michael; LANZA, Michele; LINARES-VASQUEZ, Mario; MURPHY, Gail C.; MORENO, Laura; SHEPHERD, David; and WONG, Edmund.
On-demand developer documentation. (2017). Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution, Shanghai, China, 2017 September 17-22. 479-483.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/8861
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSME.2017.17