Replication Package for the Paper: "An Empirical Analysis of the Manual Detection of Code Smells via Code Review"

<p>This&nbsp;repository&nbsp;contains&nbsp;the&nbsp;data&nbsp;and&nbsp;results&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;paper&nbsp;&quot;An Empirical Analysis of the Manual Detection of Code Smells via Code Review&quot;&nbsp;submitted&nbsp;to&nbsp;SANER 2021.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>1. &quot;data.zip&quot; contains the following three folders:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>1). data&nbsp;folder</strong></p> <p>The&nbsp;data&nbsp;folder&nbsp;contains&nbsp;the&nbsp;retrieved&nbsp;1,174 reviews&nbsp;that&nbsp;discuss&nbsp;code&nbsp;smells.&nbsp;Each&nbsp;review&nbsp;includes&nbsp;four&nbsp;parts:&nbsp;Code&nbsp;Change&nbsp;URL,&nbsp;Code&nbsp;Smell,&nbsp;Code&nbsp;Smell&nbsp;Discussion,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Source&nbsp;Code&nbsp;URL.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>2). scripts&nbsp;folder</strong></p> <p>The&nbsp;scripts&nbsp;folder&nbsp;contains&nbsp;the&nbsp;Python&nbsp;script&nbsp;that&nbsp;was&nbsp;used&nbsp;to&nbsp;search&nbsp;for&nbsp;code&nbsp;smell&nbsp;terms&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;list&nbsp;of&nbsp;code&nbsp;smell&nbsp;terms.</p> <ul> <li><em>keywords.txt</em>&nbsp;contains the keywords associated&nbsp;with&nbsp;code&nbsp;smells, such as &quot;smell, duplication, and dead&quot;.</li> <li><em>get_changes.py</em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;used&nbsp;for&nbsp;getting&nbsp;code&nbsp;changes&nbsp;from&nbsp;OpenStack.</li> <li><em>get_comments.py</em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;used&nbsp;for&nbsp;getting&nbsp;review&nbsp;comments&nbsp;for&nbsp;each&nbsp;code&nbsp;change.</li> <li><em>keywords_search.py</em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;used&nbsp;for&nbsp;searching&nbsp;review&nbsp;comments&nbsp;that&nbsp;contain at least one keyword.</li> <li><em>keywords_improve.py</em> is used for improving the keyword-based mining approach.</li> <li><em>tools.py</em> is used for supporting the process of keywords improving.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>3). project&nbsp;folder</strong></p> <p>The&nbsp;project&nbsp;folder&nbsp;contains&nbsp;the&nbsp;MAXQDA&nbsp;project&nbsp;files.&nbsp;The&nbsp;files&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;opened&nbsp;by&nbsp;MAXQDA&nbsp;12&nbsp;or&nbsp;higher&nbsp;versions,&nbsp;which&nbsp;are&nbsp;available&nbsp;at&nbsp;https://www.maxqda.com/&nbsp;for&nbsp;download.&nbsp;You&nbsp;may&nbsp;also&nbsp;use&nbsp;the&nbsp;free&nbsp;14-day&nbsp;trial&nbsp;version&nbsp;of&nbsp;MAXQDA&nbsp;2018,&nbsp;which&nbsp;is&nbsp;available&nbsp;at&nbsp;https://www.maxqda.com/trial&nbsp;for&nbsp;download.</p> <ul> <li><em>Data&nbsp;Labeling&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Encoding&nbsp;for&nbsp;RQ2.mx12</em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;results&nbsp;of&nbsp;data&nbsp;labeling&nbsp;and&nbsp;encoding&nbsp;for&nbsp;RQ2,&nbsp;which&nbsp;were&nbsp;analyzed&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;MAXQDA&nbsp;tool.</li> <li><em>Data&nbsp;Labeling&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Encoding&nbsp;for&nbsp;RQ3.mx12</em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;results&nbsp;of&nbsp;data&nbsp;labeling&nbsp;and&nbsp;encoding&nbsp;for&nbsp;RQ3,&nbsp;which&nbsp;were&nbsp;analyzed&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;MAXQDA&nbsp;tool.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>2. Keywords associated with code smells.pdf</strong></p> <p>This&nbsp;file&nbsp;contains&nbsp;the&nbsp;final&nbsp;set&nbsp;of&nbsp;keywords&nbsp;associated&nbsp;with&nbsp;code&nbsp;smells&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;identified&nbsp;by&nbsp;following&nbsp;the&nbsp;systematic&nbsp;approach&nbsp;proposed&nbsp;by&nbsp;Bosu&nbsp;and&nbsp;his&nbsp;colleagues&nbsp;in&nbsp;their&nbsp;paper:&nbsp;Identifying&nbsp;the&nbsp;Characteristics&nbsp;of&nbsp;Vulnerable&nbsp;Code&nbsp;Changes:&nbsp;An&nbsp;Empirical&nbsp;Study,&nbsp;FSE&nbsp;2014.</p>