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Source Code Exploration with Google
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania September 24-September 27
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/ICSM.2006.6022nd IEEE International Conference on ...
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Denys Poshyvanyk, Wayne State University
Maksym Petrenko, Wayne State University
Andrian Marcus, Wayne State University
Xinrong Xie, Wayne State University
Dapeng Liu, Wayne State University

The paper presents a new approach to source code exploration, which is the result of integrating the Google Desktop Search (GDS) engine into the Eclipse development environment. The resulting search engine, named Google Eclipse Search (GES), provides improved searching in Eclipse software projects.

The paper advocates for a component-based approach that allows us to develop strong tools, which support various maintenance tasks, by leveraging the strengths of existing frameworks and components. The development effort for such tools is reduced, while customization and flexibility, to fully support user needs, is maintained

GES allows developers to search software projects in a manner similar to searching the internet or their own desktops. The proposed approach takes advantages of the power of GDS for quick and accurate searching and of Eclipse?s extensibility. The paper discusses usage scenarios, advantages, limitations, and possible extensions of the proposed tandem.

Citation:
Denys Poshyvanyk, Maksym Petrenko, Andrian Marcus, Xinrong Xie, Dapeng Liu, "Source Code Exploration with Google," icsm, pp.334-338, 22nd IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM'06), 2006
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