On-demand developer documentation

• 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
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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...