On-demand developer documentation

On-demand developer documentation

We advocate for a paradigm shift in supporting the information needs of developers, centered around the concept of automated on-demand developer documentation. Currently, developer information needs are fulfilled by asking experts or consulting documentation. Unfortunately, traditional documentation...

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Main Authors: ROBILLARD, Martin P., MARCUS, Andrian, TREUDE, Christoph, BAVOTA, Gabriele, CHAPARRO, Oscar, ERNST, Neil, GEROSA, Marco Aurélio, GODFREY, Michael, LANZA, Michele, LINARES-VASQUEZ, Mario, MURPHY, Gail C., MORENO, Laura, SHEPHERD, David, WONG, Edmund
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
Subjects:
Documentation
Software
Tools
Data mining
Manuals
Tutorials
Databases and Information Systems
Software Engineering
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/8861
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/9864/viewcontent/odd.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:We advocate for a paradigm shift in supporting the information needs of developers, centered around the concept of automated on-demand developer documentation. Currently, developer information needs are fulfilled by asking experts or consulting documentation. Unfortunately, traditional documentation practices are inefficient because of, among others, the manual nature of its creation and the gap between the creators and consumers. We discuss the major challenges we face in realizing such a paradigm shift, highlight existing research that can be leveraged to this end, and promote opportunities for increased convergence in research on software documentation.

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