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Code smells and refactoring: A tertiary systematic review of challenges and observations

Guilherme Lacerda, Fabio Petrillo, Marcelo Pimenta, Yann Gaël Guéhéneuc

2020Journal of Systems and Software206 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Topics & Concepts

Code refactoringCode smellCode (set theory)Computer scienceSoftware engineeringSystematic reviewQuality (philosophy)Code reviewSoftwareSet (abstract data type)Software qualitySoftware maintenanceEngineeringSource codeData scienceProgramming languageEmpirical researchWork (physics)Static program analysisSoftware systemSoftware Engineering ResearchSoftware Testing and Debugging TechniquesAdvanced Software Engineering Methodologies