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Code smell

Known as: Smell, Code smells, Codesmell 
Code smell, also known as bad smell, in computer programming code, refers to any symptom in the source code of a program that possibly indicates a… 
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2019
2019
DLFinder: Characterizing and Detecting Duplicate Logging Code Smells
Developers rely on software logs for a wide variety of tasks, such as debugging, testing, program comprehension, verification… 
Highly Cited
2018
Highly Cited
2018
On the Relation of Test Smells to Software Code Quality
Test smells are sub-optimal design choices in the implementation of test code. As reported by recent studies, their presence… 
2018
2018
Code Smells in Infrastructure as Code
Ensuring high quality in software systems is a wellknown and big challenge. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) gathered increasing… 
Highly Cited
2017
Highly Cited
2017
On the evaluation of code smells and detection tools
Code smells refer to any symptom in the source code of a program that possibly indicates a deeper problem, hindering software… 
2016
2016
Smells Like Teen Spirit: Improving Bug Prediction Performance Using the Intensity of Code Smells
Code smells are symptoms of poor design and implementation choices. Previous studies empirically assessed the impact of smells on… 
Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
JSpIRIT: a flexible tool for the analysis of code smells
Code smells are a popular mechanism to identify structural design problems in software systems. Since it is generally not… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Diagnosing Dutch Disease: Does Russia Have the Symptoms?
In this paper, we assess whether recent economic developments in Russia are symptomatic of Dutch Disease. We first provide a… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Subjective evaluation of software evolvability using code smells: An empirical study
This paper presents the results of an empirical study on the subjective evaluation of code smells that identify poorly evolvable… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
A taxonomy and an initial empirical study of bad smells in code
This paper presents research in progress, as well as tentative findings related to the empirical study of so called bad code… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Cross-category effects of induced arousal and pleasure on the Internet shopping experience
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