RepoHunter: Supporting curation repositories on GitHub

Wu, Y.; Wang, N.; Carroll, J.M.

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Title

RepoHunter: Supporting curation repositories on GitHub

Author(s)

• Wu, Y.
• Wang, N.
• Carroll, J.M.

Issue Date

2017

Keyword(s)

• Curation
• GitHub
• RepoHunter

Abstract

In recent years, curation repositories that organize high-quality resources for software development become trending on GitHub. However, few studies have looked at the user experiences of curation repositories, especially what the role GitHub features play in this practice is, and what design efforts can be spent to support this practice better. By surveying software developers about their experiences with curation repositories, this study finds out software developers visit curation repositories to keep themselves in sync with the community (i.e., finding resources for learning, supporting work, and following trends). Information cues on GitHub play important roles for signaling the quality of curated resources. The results inform the design and implementation of RepoHunter, which attaching information cues directly to curated items in a curation repository. The evaluation of RepoHunter reveals the improvement of user experiences and suggests further design opportunities.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2017 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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Copyright 2017 Y. Wu, n. Wang, and J.M. Carroll

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