{"title":"Understanding Refactoring Tasks over Time: A Study Using Refactoring Graphs","authors":"Aline Brito, André C. Hora, M. T. Valente","doi":"10.5753/cibse.2022.20982","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Refactoring is a fundamental practice in modern software development. Therefore, it is essential that practitioners have a solid understanding of refactoring, both in theory and in practice. In this paper, we rely on a graph-based abstraction — called refactoring graphs — to visualize and analyze refactorings performed by students in a canonical refactoring application: the Video Store System, proposed by Fowler. We asked 46 students to perform the refactorings included in this example under two scenarios: according to a list of explicit guidelines, where most students performed the tasks successfully; and by using flexible ones, in which a part of the students faced problems identifying the appropriate operations. We conclude by presenting discussions and implications.","PeriodicalId":146286,"journal":{"name":"Conferencia Iberoamericana de Software Engineering","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Conferencia Iberoamericana de Software Engineering","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5753/cibse.2022.20982","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Refactoring is a fundamental practice in modern software development. Therefore, it is essential that practitioners have a solid understanding of refactoring, both in theory and in practice. In this paper, we rely on a graph-based abstraction — called refactoring graphs — to visualize and analyze refactorings performed by students in a canonical refactoring application: the Video Store System, proposed by Fowler. We asked 46 students to perform the refactorings included in this example under two scenarios: according to a list of explicit guidelines, where most students performed the tasks successfully; and by using flexible ones, in which a part of the students faced problems identifying the appropriate operations. We conclude by presenting discussions and implications.