Towards a theory of software development expertise Baltes et al., ESEC/FSE'18 This is the last paper we’ll be looking at this year, so I’ve chosen something a little more reflective to leave you with (The Morning Paper will return on Monday 7th January, 2019). The question Baltes and Diehl tackle is this: "How do you … Continue reading Towards a theory of software development expertise
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Programming languages and styles (FP, OO, …)
Darwinian data structure selection
Darwinian data structure selection Basios et al., FSE'18 GraphIt may have caught your attention for the success of its approach, but I suspect for many readers it’s not something you’ll be immediately applying. Darwinian Data Structures (DDSs) on the other hand looks to be of immediate interest to many Java and C++ projects (and generalises … Continue reading Darwinian data structure selection
Secure coding practices in Java: challenges and vulnerabilities
Secure coding practices in Java: challenges and vulnerabilities Meng et al., ICSE'18 TL;DR : don’t trust everything you read on Stack Overflow. Meng et al. conduct a study of Stack Overflow posts relating to secure coding practices in Java to find out the hot topics, what people struggle with, and whether or not the accepted … Continue reading Secure coding practices in Java: challenges and vulnerabilities
