Code Comprehension in a Multi-Paradigm Environment: Background and Experimental Setup

Daniël Floor; Rinse van Hees; Vadim Zaytsev

Code Comprehension in a Multi-Paradigm Environment: Background and Experimental Setup

Daniël Floor, Rinse van Hees, Vadim Zaytsev

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Code comprehension, a fundamental asset in software development and its maintenance, is influenced by the programming paradigms employed. Comprehending code takes up a major part of the maintenance process. This study forms a basis in discovering the relation between code comprehension and multi-paradigm usage. The different paradigms covered here are Object-oriented programming and functional programming. To measure the possible impact an experimental setup is designed
that will help capturing quantitative and qualitative data. The decision of using interviews as study experiment allows for the capturing of the qualitative data necessary for an in-depth exploration of comprehension strategies and participants’
cognitive reasoning. The interviews will use Kotlin code snippets, this choice harmonises with participants’ familiarity with Java, which serves as a foundation, and the design of interview questions, which prioritise the comprehension of code and the
unravelling of its underlying purpose. This paper provides the background and experimental setup that allows to investigate the relationship between code comprehension and multi-paradigm usage.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 15th Seminar on Advanced Techniques & Tools for Software Evolution, University of Salerno, Computer Science Department - Fisciano (Salerno, Italy), June 12 to 14, 2023
Editors	Andrea De Lucia, Dario Di Nucci, Valeria Pontillo, Gilberto Recupito
Publisher	CEUR
Pages	1-18
Number of pages	18
Publication status	Published - 12 Sept 2023
Event	15th Seminar on Advanced Techniques and Tools for Software Evolution, SATToSE 2023 - University of Salerno, Computer Science Department, Fisciano, Italy Duration: 12 Jun 2023 → 14 Jun 2023 Conference number: 15

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Name	CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Publisher	CEUR
Volume	3483
ISSN (Electronic)	1613-0073

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Conference	15th Seminar on Advanced Techniques and Tools for Software Evolution, SATToSE 2023
Abbreviated title	SATToSE 2023
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Fisciano
Period	12/06/23 → 14/06/23

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code comprehension
multi-paradigm languages
code smells

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Floor, D., Hees, R. V., & Zaytsev, V. (2023). Code Comprehension in a Multi-Paradigm Environment: Background and Experimental Setup. In A. De Lucia, D. Di Nucci, V. Pontillo, & G. Recupito (Eds.), Proceedings of the 15th Seminar on Advanced Techniques & Tools for Software Evolution, University of Salerno, Computer Science Department - Fisciano (Salerno, Italy), June 12 to 14, 2023 (pp. 1-18). (CEUR Workshop Proceedings; Vol. 3483). CEUR. https://dblp.org/rec/conf/sattose/FloorHZ23

Floor, Daniël ; Hees, Rinse van ; Zaytsev, Vadim. / Code Comprehension in a Multi-Paradigm Environment : Background and Experimental Setup. Proceedings of the 15th Seminar on Advanced Techniques & Tools for Software Evolution, University of Salerno, Computer Science Department - Fisciano (Salerno, Italy), June 12 to 14, 2023. editor / Andrea De Lucia ; Dario Di Nucci ; Valeria Pontillo ; Gilberto Recupito. CEUR, 2023. pp. 1-18 (CEUR Workshop Proceedings).

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Floor, D, Hees, RV & Zaytsev, V 2023, Code Comprehension in a Multi-Paradigm Environment: Background and Experimental Setup. in A De Lucia, D Di Nucci, V Pontillo & G Recupito (eds), Proceedings of the 15th Seminar on Advanced Techniques & Tools for Software Evolution, University of Salerno, Computer Science Department - Fisciano (Salerno, Italy), June 12 to 14, 2023. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, vol. 3483, CEUR, pp. 1-18, 15th Seminar on Advanced Techniques and Tools for Software Evolution, SATToSE 2023, Fisciano, Italy, 12/06/23. <https://dblp.org/rec/conf/sattose/FloorHZ23>

Code Comprehension in a Multi-Paradigm Environment: Background and Experimental Setup. / Floor, Daniël; Hees, Rinse van; Zaytsev, Vadim.
Proceedings of the 15th Seminar on Advanced Techniques & Tools for Software Evolution, University of Salerno, Computer Science Department - Fisciano (Salerno, Italy), June 12 to 14, 2023. ed. / Andrea De Lucia; Dario Di Nucci; Valeria Pontillo; Gilberto Recupito. CEUR, 2023. p. 1-18 (CEUR Workshop Proceedings; Vol. 3483).

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Floor D, Hees RV, Zaytsev V. Code Comprehension in a Multi-Paradigm Environment: Background and Experimental Setup. In De Lucia A, Di Nucci D, Pontillo V, Recupito G, editors, Proceedings of the 15th Seminar on Advanced Techniques & Tools for Software Evolution, University of Salerno, Computer Science Department - Fisciano (Salerno, Italy), June 12 to 14, 2023. CEUR. 2023. p. 1-18. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings).

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