How to formulate specific how-to questions in software development?

• Main Authors: LIU, Mingwei, PENG, Xin, MARCUS, Andrian, TREUDE, Christoph, XIE, Jiazhan, XU, Huanjun, YANG, Yanjun
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• 主題: Programming Task; Query Formulation; Stack Overflow; Software Engineering
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/8900; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/9903/viewcontent/fse22a.pdf
• 機構: Singapore Management University

Developers often ask how-to questions using search engines, technical Q&A communities, and interactive Q&A systems to seek help for specific programming tasks. However, they often do not formulate the questions in a specific way, making it hard for the systems to return the best answers. We...