Bumps in the Code: Error Handling during Software Development

Lopez, Tamara; Sharp, Helen; Petre, Marian and Nuseibeh, Bashar (2021). Bumps in the Code: Error Handling during Software Development. IEEE Software, 38(3) pp. 26–34.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2020.3024981

Abstract

Problems come up during software development all the time. When developers hit these bumps, situations can be surprising and new, and they must figure out what — if anything — has gone wrong. Error handling often resolves small, immediate concerns, however, findings from three ethnographically-informed studies suggest that the way developers experience errors has implications for professional growth and development. Through these experiences, developers refine ideas, strengthen collective practice, and learn.

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• Item ORO ID
• 72243
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 0740-7459
• Project Funding Details

• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
  SAUSE: Secure, Adaptive, Usable Software Engineering	EP/R013144/1 (previous: EP/R005095/1)	EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)

• Keywords
• Software; Task analysis; Software engineering; Computer bugs; Tools; Interviews; Problem-solving
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Computing and Communications
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
• Research Group
• Centre for Research in Computing (CRC)
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• Depositing User
• Tamara Lopez