Understanding interaction differences between newcomer and expert programmers
Lijie Zou, Michael W. Godfrey · 2008
Newcomer and expert programmers often interact with development artifacts differently. Ideally, software development tools should support these different styles of work. In this paper, we describe our investigations into the interaction difference between newcomers and experts, regarding two properties that characterize repetition of programmer interaction: temporal locality and interaction coupling recurrence. We describe our approach, research questions and planned methodology.