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The first dataset, the evolution of complex methods, contains data collected from GitHub on methods considered complex by Mccabe's Cyclomatic Complexity metric. The data were obtained from popular GitHub projects to identify behaviors in the evolution of methods over time. The second dataset has answers obtained through a survey of contributors to popular GitHub repositories, which aimed to identify the developers' perception of methods considered complex. The questions asked were: 1) Do you think this complex method is harmful for maintenance? 2) Was this change somehow harder to implement since it happened inside a complex method? Why? 3) Why do you think developers have never refactored such a complex method before? Please, provide any other comments or thoughts regarding the maintenance of complex methods.
Software Engineering, Complexity, Survey
Software Engineering, Complexity, Survey
| selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 0 | |
| popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Average | |
| influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Average | |
| impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Average |
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