%0 Conference Paper %1 Relf2005 %A Relf, Philip A. %B Int'l Symp. on Empirical Software Engineering %D 2005 %I IEEE %K readability source style identifiers code %P 53-62 %T Tool assisted identifier naming for improved software readability: an empirical study %X This paper describes an empirical study investigating whether programmers improve the readability of their source code if they have support from a source code editor that offers dynamic feedback on their identifier naming practices. An experiment, employing both students and professional software engineers, and requiring the maintenance and production of software, demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in source code readability over that of the control.

@inproceedings{Relf2005, abstract = {This paper describes an empirical study investigating whether programmers improve the readability of their source code if they have support from a source code editor that offers dynamic feedback on their identifier naming practices. An experiment, employing both students and professional software engineers, and requiring the maintenance and production of software, demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in source code readability over that of the control.}, added-at = {2009-12-15T22:03:03.000+0100}, author = {Relf, Philip A.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f712915ab2b9b2efc8bf5d92f310b646/sjbutler}, booktitle = {Int'l Symp. on Empirical Software Engineering}, interhash = {3c3eb3c0f64062e568b3fd7c6065ea60}, intrahash = {f712915ab2b9b2efc8bf5d92f310b646}, keywords = {readability source style identifiers code}, pages = {53-62}, publisher = {IEEE}, timestamp = {2009-12-15T22:03:03.000+0100}, title = {Tool assisted identifier naming for improved software readability: an empirical study}, year = 2005 }