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Finding Source Code on the Web for Remix and Reuse pp 1–14Cite as

Introduction: Remixing Snippets and Reusing Components

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In this introductory chapter, we map out “code retrieval on the web” as a research area and the organizational of this book. Code retrieval on the web is concerned with the algorithms, systems, and tools to allow programmers to search for source code on the web and the empirical studies of these inventions and practices. It is a label that we apply to a set of related research from a software engineering, information retrieval, human-computer interaction, management, as well as commercial products. The division of code retrieval on the web into snippet remixing and component reuse is driven both by empirical data, and analysis of existing search engines and tools.

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    http://sourceforge.net/.

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    https://github.com/.

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    http://snipplr.com/.

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    http://www.smipple.net/.

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    http://demo.spars.info/j/.

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    http://www.koders.com.

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    http://www.google.com/codesearch/.

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    http://www.krugle.com/.

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    http://www.google.com/.

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Sim, S.E., Gallardo-Valencia, R.E. (2013). Introduction: Remixing Snippets and Reusing Components. In: Sim, S.E., Gallardo-Valencia, R.E. (eds) Finding Source Code on the Web for Remix and Reuse. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6596-6_1

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