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PackHacks 2018

NC State University

Chris Brown

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Problem

In 2017, software errors:

• impacted 3.7 billion users
• cost over $1.7 trillion
  
  
  

http://www.tricentis.com/software-fail-watch

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Problem

Static analysis tools exist to detect programming errors without running the code, but software developers rarely use them to check their work...

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Problem

Researchers found that tool output is one of the main reasons software engineers don't use static analysis tools.

Brittany Johnson, NC State. Why Don't Software Developers Use Static Analysis Tools to Find Bugs. https://people.engr.ncsu.edu/ermurph3/papers/icse13b.pdf

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Solution

What if I told you there was a way to improve static analysis tool output for developers?

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Solution

Memes!

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PackHacks Project

• Analyze code with Error Prone static analysis tool
• Parse output to collect errors found by the tool
• Randomly generate memes to present errors to developers
• Generate html file with errors, memes, and links to reported bugs

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Thanks!

• @fauser
• @fagraduation-cap
• @faenvelope
• @fagithub
• @facode

Built With

• error-prone
• pillow
• python
• static-analysis