The Present and Future of Bots in Software Engineering
arXiv:2207.01254v112 citationsh-index: 48
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It addresses the growing integration of automation tools in software development, but is incremental as it primarily surveys current practices.
The paper examines the widespread adoption of software engineering bots that automate tasks in response to events, highlighting experiences and challenges in their use.
We are witnessing a massive adoption of software engineering bots, applications that react to events triggered by tools and messages posted by users and run automated tasks in response, in a variety of domains. This thematic issues describes experiences and challenges with these bots.