Title
Do bad smells indicate "trouble" in code?
Abstract
In 1999 Fowler et al. identified 22 Bad Smells in code to direct the effective refactoring. These are increasingly being used by software engineers. However, the empirical basis of using Bad Smells to direct refactoring and to address 'trouble' in code is not clear. Our project aims to empirically investigate the impact of Bad Smells on software in terms of their relationship to faults.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1145/1390817.1390831
DEFECTS
Keywords
Field
DocType
empirical basis,bad smells,effective refactoring,software engineer,faults,software engineering
Computer security,Software,Engineering,Code refactoring,Code smell
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.42
8
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Min Zhang130.42
Tracy Hall244312.96
Nathan Baddoo379844.63
Paul Wernick430.42