2017 IEEE/ACM 1st International Workshop on API Usage and Evolution (WAPI)最新文献

Mining Motivated Trends of Usage of Haskell Libraries 挖掘Haskell库的使用趋势

2017 IEEE/ACM 1st International Workshop on API Usage and Evolution (WAPI) Pub Date : 2017-05-20 DOI: 10.1109/WAPI.2017.6

Marc Juchli, L. Krombeen, Shashank Rao, C. S. Yu, A. Sawant, Alberto Bacchelli

引用次数: 1

Human-Centered Methods for Improving API Usability 以人为中心提高API可用性的方法

2017 IEEE/ACM 1st International Workshop on API Usage and Evolution (WAPI) Pub Date : 2017-05-20 DOI: 10.1109/WAPI.2017.2

B. Myers

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引用次数: 7

API Usage in Descriptions of Source Code Functionality 源代码功能描述中的API用法

2017 IEEE/ACM 1st International Workshop on API Usage and Evolution (WAPI) Pub Date : 2017-05-20 DOI: 10.1109/WAPI.2017.3

Paige Rodeghero, Collin McMillan, Abigail Shirey

引用次数: 5

On the Role of Fitness Dimensions in API Design Assessment - An Empirical Investigation 适应度维度在API设计评估中的作用——一项实证研究

2017 IEEE/ACM 1st International Workshop on API Usage and Evolution (WAPI) Pub Date : 2017-05-20 DOI: 10.1109/WAPI.2017.4

Amir Zghidi, I. Hammouda, Brahim Hnich, E. Knauss

引用次数: 7

Type Checking for Reliable APIs 可靠api的类型检查

2017 IEEE/ACM 1st International Workshop on API Usage and Evolution (WAPI) Pub Date : 2017-05-20 DOI: 10.1109/WAPI.2017.5

M. Kechagia, D. Spinellis

引用次数: 1

Opportunities in Software Engineering Research for Web API Consumption 面向Web API消费的软件工程研究中的机遇

2017 IEEE/ACM 1st International Workshop on API Usage and Evolution (WAPI) Pub Date : 2017-05-18 DOI: 10.1109/WAPI.2017.1

Erik Wittern, Annie T. T. Ying, Yunhui Zheng, Jim Laredo, Julian T Dolby, Christopher C. Young, Aleksander Slominski

引用次数: 23