Among those learning how to program, and some more experienced software developers, it's common practice to copy and paste code snippets from Stack Overflow, a Q&A forum for asking about coding ...
It's no surprise that one of the biggest developer surveys in the industry this year is all about advanced AI, but it might be surprising that all the new fancy AI-powered IDEs/editors haven't dented ...
A common practice among software developers is to use so-called code snippets from the platform Stack Overflow. A study by CISPA researcher Alfusainey Jallow now shows that this can lead to security ...
This extension adds a small copy button to the bottom of code blocks in Stack Overflow posts to copy code into the clipboard. This saves time copying code that could be inconvenient to type out (e.g.
In this year's big Stack Overflow developer survey things are much the same for Microsoft-centric data points: VS Code and Visual Studio still rule the IDE roost, while .NET maintains its No. 1 ...
When you come across a question or problem you don't know how to solve while programming, you often ask the online community for answers, or look at the questions of someone who has already faced the ...
Abstract: Enriched by natural language texts, Stack Overflow code snippets are an invaluable code-centric knowledge base of small units of source code. Besides being useful for software developers, ...
Abstract: Code fragments posted in answers on Q&A forums can form an important source of developer knowledge. However, effective reuse of code fragments found online often requires information other ...