Semantic patterns extraction of code smells: Retrieving the solutions of bugs

Abstract

<p>The understanding of code smells have exerted profound influence in the quality and the performance of programming codes. There are various type of code smells require various solutions. In order to interpret the solutions available in code smells, this research uses NLP (natural language programming) techniques to comprehend contents of messages from Technical Debt Dataset. Based on phrase structure rules, semantic patterns were extracted from the Dataset to build connection between trigger words and dependency tree. Verb Phrases are considered as the actions taken by programmers encountering code smells.</p>