Code readability: Code comments OR self-documenting code : How does the choice affect the readability of the code?
Year: 2016
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Context: Code readability is something every software developer tackles every day. In order for efficient maintainability and learning of a program the documentation needs to be of high quality. Objectives: This thesis is attempting to show what the general perspective the software developers have. We investigate which method that is preferred and why. We will also look at readability and what similarities and differences there are among students and IT professionals. Conclusion: We have collected data from several sources. Firstly from a literature review where different papers within the field are presented. Secondly from two separate surveys conducted on students and IT professionals. From our results we found that documentation is something that software developers heavily rely on and that the need for extensive documentation differs with working experience.
Authors: Sebastian Nielsen, David Tollemark
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2785092969