Debugging Behaviour of Embedded-Software Developers: An Exploratory Study [article]

Pansy Arafa, Daniel Solomon, Samaneh Navabpour, Sebastian Fischmeister
2017 arXiv   pre-print
Many researchers have studied the behaviour of successful developers while debugging desktop software. In this paper, we investigate the embedded-software debugging by intermediate programmers through an exploratory study. The bugs are semantic low-level errors, and the participants are students who completed a real-time operating systems course in addition to five other programming courses. We compare between the behaviour involved in successful debugging attempts versus unsuccessful ones. We
more » ... escribe some characteristics of smooth and successful debugging behaviour.
arXiv:1704.03397v1 fatcat:qwtes6ypuzapvgenfnml5xpvpi