Computer Science ›› 2017, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (11): 15-21.doi: 10.11896/j.issn.1002-137X.2017.11.003

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Study on Technical Debt Management of Integrated Development Environment

LIU Ya-jun, LI Bing, LI Zeng-yang, LIANG Peng and WU Min-quan   

  • Online:2018-12-01 Published:2018-12-01

Abstract: Technical debt (TD),a metaphor to financial debt,refers to technical compromises which are made to gain short-term benefits at the cost of long-term software quality.However,in the long run TD will negatively affect software quality as well as cost and productivity of software development.Thus,TD should be effectively managed.Existing dedicated TD management tools are rather limited and have various limitations.Hence,it is difficult to effectively mana-ge TD using such tools.Mainstream integrated development environments (IDEs) are powerful and widely used,can serve to manage TD.In this study,we investigated Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise Edition,a representative mainstream IDE,to explore its ability for managing four types of TD directly related to source code using a C# project.Then we compared Visual Studio with four dedicated TD management tools with respect to their capabilities in mana-ging TD and their support for TD management of development teams in their daily practices.The results show that VisualStudio provides better support for managing TD in terms of diversity of TD types and the range of TD management activities.In addition,with Visual Studio,specific TD instances can be managed to different extents in a variety of ways.

Key words: Technical debt,Technical debt type,Technical debt management activity,Technical debt management tool,Visual Studio

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