Measuring GitHub Copilot's Impact on Productivity.

The article looks at the effects of the use of the code completion tool GitHub's Copilot on developer productivity. According to the authors, this is the first code suggestions tool study showing a correlation between usage measurements and developer productivity. The five dimensions of productivity...

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Publicado en:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 54 - 64
Autores principales:	Ziegler, Albert, Kalliamvakou, Eirini, Li, X. Alice, Rice, Andrew, Rifkin, Devon, Simister, Shawn, Sittampalam, Ganesh, Aftandilian, Edward
Formato:	Case Study
Publicado:	Association for Computing Machinery Mar2024
Materias:	Software development tools Computer programming Labor productivity Software engineers Computer programmers Artificial intelligence software Github Inc.
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Sumario:	The article looks at the effects of the use of the code completion tool GitHub's Copilot on developer productivity. According to the authors, this is the first code suggestions tool study showing a correlation between usage measurements and developer productivity. The five dimensions of productivity (SPACE) include Satisfaction and well being, Performance, Activity, Communication and collaboration, and Efficiency and flow are also discussed.