Title :
A study on improving static analysis tools: Why are we not using them?
Author :
Johnson, Brittany
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA
Abstract :
Using static analysis tools for automating code inspections can be beneficial for software engineers. Despite the benefits of using static analysis tools, research suggests that these tools are underused. In this research, we propose to investigate why developers are not widely using static analysis tools and how current tools could potentially be improved to increase usage.
Keywords :
program diagnostics; software tools; code inspection automation; software engineers; static analysis tool; Analytical models; Computer bugs; Encoding; Industries; Interviews; Programming; Software; static analysis; tool development; tool evaluation;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering (ICSE), 2012 34th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Zurich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1066-6
Electronic_ISBN :
0270-5257
DOI :
10.1109/ICSE.2012.6227228