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09/03/2023
A Survey on What Developers Think About Testing
Software is infamous for its poor quality and frequent occurrence of bug...
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06/24/2023
Exploring Programming Task Creation of Primary School Teachers in Training
Introducing computational thinking in primary school curricula implies t...
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05/08/2023
FlaPy: Mining Flaky Python Tests at Scale
Flaky tests obstruct software development, and studying and proposing mi...
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05/08/2023
Debugging Flaky Tests using Spectrum-based Fault Localization
Non-deterministically behaving (i.e., flaky) tests hamper regression tes...
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04/18/2023
Exposing Software Engineering Students to Stressful Projects: Does Diversity Matter?
Software development teams have to face stress caused by deadlines, staf...
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04/18/2023
The ABC of Pair Programming: Gender-dependent Attitude, Behavior and Code of Young Learners
Young learners are increasingly introduced to programming, and one of th...
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04/13/2023
Learning by Viewing: Generating Test Inputs for Games by Integrating Human Gameplay Traces in Neuroevolution
Although automated test generation is common in many programming domains...
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04/05/2023
Code Critters: A Block-Based Testing Game
Learning to program has become common in schools, higher education and i...
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02/18/2023
Practical Flaky Test Prediction using Common Code Evolution and Test History Data
Non-deterministically behaving test cases cause developers to lose trust...
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02/08/2023
On the Applicability of Language Models to Block-Based Programs
Block-based programming languages like Scratch are increasingly popular ...
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08/29/2022
Neuroevolution-Based Generation of Tests and Oracles for Games
Game-like programs have become increasingly popular in many software eng...
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08/29/2022
Common Problems and Effects of Feedback on Fun When Programming Ozobots in Primary School
Computational thinking is increasingly introduced at primary school leve...
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08/29/2022
Common Patterns in Block-Based Robot Programs
Programmable robots are engaging and fun to play with, interact with the...
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08/29/2022
Gender-dependent Contribution, Code and Creativity in a Virtual Programming Course
Since computer science is still mainly male dominated, academia, industr...
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04/12/2022
Scratch as Social Network: Topic Modeling and Sentiment Analysis in Scratch Projects
Societal matters like the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement influence so...
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03/01/2022
A Survey on How Test Flakiness Affects Developers and What Support They Need To Address It
Non-deterministically passing and failing test cases, so-called flaky te...
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02/14/2022
Gamekins: Gamifying Software Testing in Jenkins
Developers have to write thorough tests for their software in order to f...
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02/13/2022
Automated Test Generation for Scratch Programs
The importance of programming education has lead to dedicated educationa...
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02/13/2022
Model-based Testing of Scratch Programs
Learners are often introduced to programming via dedicated languages suc...
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02/10/2022
Pynguin: Automated Unit Test Generation for Python
Automated unit test generation is a well-known methodology aiming to red...
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12/01/2021
Common Bugs in Scratch Programs
Bugs in Scratch programs can spoil the fun and inhibit learning success....
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11/09/2021
An Empirical Study of Automated Unit Test Generation for Python
Various mature automated test generation tools exist for statically type...
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11/01/2021
Challenging but Full of Opportunities: Teachers' Perspectives on Programming in Primary Schools
The widespread establishment of computational thinking in school curricu...
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08/16/2021
Improving Readability of Scratch Programs with Search-based Refactoring
Block-based programming languages like Scratch have become increasingly ...
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08/16/2021
Data-driven Analysis of Gender Differences and Similarities in Scratch Programs
Block-based programming environments such as Scratch are an essential en...
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08/16/2021
Effects of Hints on Debugging Scratch Programs: An Empirical Study with Primary School Teachers in Training
Bugs in learners' programs are often the result of fundamental misconcep...
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08/13/2021
Code Perfumes: Reporting Good Code to Encourage Learners
Block-based programming languages like Scratch enable children to be cre...
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05/12/2021
Guiding Next-Step Hint Generation Using Automated Tests
Learning basic programming with Scratch can be hard for novices and tuto...
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04/23/2021
SnapCheck: Automated Testing for Snap Programs
Programming environments such as Snap, Scratch, and Processing engage le...
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03/12/2021
Does mutation testing improve testing practices?
Various proxy metrics for test quality have been defined in order to gui...
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02/22/2021
Practical Mutation Testing at Scale
Mutation analysis assesses a test suite's adequacy by measuring its abil...
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02/15/2021
Finding Anomalies in Scratch Assignments
In programming education, teachers need to monitor and assess the progre...
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02/15/2021
LitterBox: A Linter for Scratch Programs
Creating programs with block-based programming languages like Scratch is...
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02/12/2021
Gradeer: An Open-Source Modular Hybrid Grader
Automated assessment has been shown to greatly simplify the process of a...
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01/22/2021
An Empirical Study of Flaky Tests in Python
Tests that cause spurious failures without any code changes, i.e., flaky...
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09/09/2020
Search-based Testing for Scratch Programs
Block-based programming languages enable young learners to quickly imple...
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08/28/2020
An Experience of Introducing Primary School Children to Programming using Ozobots
Algorithmic thinking is a central concept in the context of computationa...
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07/28/2020
Automated Unit Test Generation for Python
Automated unit test generation is an established research field, and mat...
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12/14/2019