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Type: | Conference paper |
Title: | How do programmers ask and answer questions on the web? (NIER track) |
Author: | Treude, C. Barzilay, O. Storey, M. |
Citation: | International Conference on Software Engineering, 2011 / Taylor, R., Gall, H., Medvidovic, N. (ed./s), pp.804-807 |
Publisher: | IEEE |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
ISBN: | 9781450304450 |
ISSN: | 0270-5257 |
Conference Name: | 33rd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) (21 May 2011 - 28 May 2011 : Honolulu, HI) |
Editor: | Taylor, R. Gall, H. Medvidovic, N. |
Statement of Responsibility: | Christoph Treude, Ohad Barzilay, Margaret-Anne Storey |
Abstract: | Question and Answer (Q&A) websites, such as Stack Overflow, use social media to facilitate knowledge exchange between programmers and fill archives with millions of entries that contribute to the body of knowledge in software development. Understanding the role of Q&A websites in the documentation landscape will enable us to make recommendations on how individuals and companies can leverage this knowledge effectively. In this paper, we analyze data from Stack Overflow to categorize the kinds of questions that are asked, and to explore which questions are answered well and which ones remain unanswered. Our preliminary findings indicate that Q&A websites are particularly effective at code reviews and conceptual questions. We pose research questions and suggest future work to explore the motivations of programmers that contribute to Q&A websites, and to understand the implications of turning Q&A exchanges into technical mini-blogs through the editing of questions and answers. |
Keywords: | Q&A; Social Media; Questions; Stack Overflow |
Rights: | Copyright 2011 ACM |
DOI: | 10.1145/1985793.1985907 |
Published version: | http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/icse/icse2011.html |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 3 Computer Science publications |
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