LIFUSO: A Tool for Library Feature Unveiling based on Stack Overflow Posts

Camilo Ernesto Velazquez Rodriguez; Eleni Constantinou; Coen De Roover

doi:10.1109/ICSME55016.2022.00065

LIFUSO: A Tool for Library Feature Unveiling based on Stack Overflow Posts

Camilo Ernesto Velazquez Rodriguez, Eleni Constantinou, Coen De Roover

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Abstract

Selecting a library from a vast ecosystem can be a daunting task. The libraries are not only numerous, but they also lack an enumeration of the features they offer. A feature enumeration for each library in an ecosystem would help developers select the most appropriate library for the task at hand. Within this enumeration, a library feature could take the form of a brief description together with the API references through which the feature can be reused. This paper presents LiFUSO, a tool that leverages Stack Overflow posts to compute a list of such features for a given library. Each feature corresponds to a cluster of related API references based on the similarity of the Stack Overflow posts in which they occur. Once LiFUSO has extracted such a cluster of posts, it applies natural language processing to describe the corresponding feature. We describe the engineering aspects of the tool, and illustrate its usage through a preliminary case study in which we compare the features uncovered for two competing libraries within the same domain.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	LIFUSO: A Tool for Library Feature Unveiling based on Stack Overflow Posts
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	489-493
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665479561
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSME55016.2022.00065
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	The 38th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME) 2022 - Limassol, Limassol, Cyprus Duration: 2 Oct 2022 → 7 Oct 2022 Conference number: 38 https://cyprusconferences.org/icsme2022/

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Name	Proceedings - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution, ICSME 2022

Conference

Conference	The 38th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME) 2022
Abbreviated title	ICSME
Country/Territory	Cyprus
City	Limassol
Period	2/10/22 → 7/10/22
Internet address	https://cyprusconferences.org/icsme2022/

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was carried out in the context of the Excellence of Science project 30446992 SECO-ASSIST financed by FWO-Vlaanderen and F.R.S.-FNRS.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.

Copyright:
Copyright 2023 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

software ecosystems
features
libraries
Stack Overflow

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Velazquez Rodriguez, C. E., Constantinou, E., & De Roover, C. (2022). LIFUSO: A Tool for Library Feature Unveiling based on Stack Overflow Posts. In LIFUSO: A Tool for Library Feature Unveiling based on Stack Overflow Posts (pp. 489-493). (Proceedings - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution, ICSME 2022). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSME55016.2022.00065

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Velazquez Rodriguez, CE, Constantinou, E & De Roover, C 2022, LIFUSO: A Tool for Library Feature Unveiling based on Stack Overflow Posts. in LIFUSO: A Tool for Library Feature Unveiling based on Stack Overflow Posts. Proceedings - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution, ICSME 2022, IEEE, pp. 489-493, The 38th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME) 2022, Limassol, Cyprus, 2/10/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSME55016.2022.00065

LIFUSO: A Tool for Library Feature Unveiling based on Stack Overflow Posts. / Velazquez Rodriguez, Camilo Ernesto; Constantinou, Eleni; De Roover, Coen.

LIFUSO: A Tool for Library Feature Unveiling based on Stack Overflow Posts. IEEE, 2022. p. 489-493 (Proceedings - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution, ICSME 2022).

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Velazquez Rodriguez CE, Constantinou E, De Roover C. LIFUSO: A Tool for Library Feature Unveiling based on Stack Overflow Posts. In LIFUSO: A Tool for Library Feature Unveiling based on Stack Overflow Posts. IEEE. 2022. p. 489-493. (Proceedings - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution, ICSME 2022). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSME55016.2022.00065

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