Towards Blockchain Developer Experience (BcDEx): Exploring Dimensions of Developer Experience in Blockchain-oriented Software Engineering
Resumo
The Developer Experience (DEx) in the context of blockchain and decentralized applications has to deal with new or adapted software engineering practices due to the particular characteristics of these technologies. This study proposes the idea of Blockchain Developer Experience (BcDEx) influenced by different practices of Blockchain-Oriented Software Engineering (BOSE). To achieve this purpose, we categorize and discuss critical BcDEx factors based on a well-established DEx conceptual framework covering cognitive, affective, and conation dimensions. Furthermore, we reveal new directions that can benefit both research and practice in BcDEx, encompassing practical aspects such as using technical resources and organizational considerations.
Palavras-chave:
Blockchain Developer Experience, Blockchain-oriented Software Engineering
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Stefanos Chaliasos, Marcos Antonios Charalambous, Liyi Zhou, Rafaila Galanopoulou, Arthur Gervais, Dimitris Mitropoulos, and Benjamin Livshits. 2024. Smart Contract and DeFi Security Tools: Do They Meet the Needs of Practitioners?. In Proceedings of the 46th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering. 1–13.
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Saori Costa, Matheus Paixao, Igor Steinmacher, Pamella Soares, Allysson Allex Araújo, and Jerffeson Sousa. 2024. Sociotechnical Dynamics in Open Source Smart Contract Repositories: An Exploratory Data Analysis of Curated High Market Value Projects. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Predictive Models and Data Analytics in Software Engineering. 22–31.
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Anıl Elakaş, Hasan Sözer, Ilgın Şafak, and Kübra Kalkan. 2024. A systematic mapping on software testing for blockchains. Cluster Computing (2024), 1–16.
Fabian Fagerholm and Jürgen Münch. 2012. Developer experience: Concept and definition. In 2012 international conference on software and system process (ICSSP). IEEE, 73–77.
Gartner. 2024. Gartner survey reveals the scarcity of current blockchain deployments. [link].
Prince Harrison. 2024. Remote Work in Web3: How Distributed Teams Are Driving Innovation. [link].
Atharva Hire, Harsh Lanjewar, Prathamesh Haridas, Makarand Jadhav, and Milind Rane. 2023. Decentralized Lottery Using Blockchain. In 2023 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Social Networking. IEEE, 1035–1041.
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Simona Ibba. 2019. Agile methodologies and blockchain development. (2019).
Cosmin Irimia, Luciana Bejan, and Adrian Iftene. 2023. BlockchainPedia: A Comprehensive Framework for Blockchain Network Comparison. Procedia Computer Science 225 (2023), 2302–2311.
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Raj Kumar Reddy Kotha and Micheal Sony. 2023. Complexity and ambiguity for blockchain adoption in supply chain management. In Blockchain in a Volatile-Uncertain-Complex-Ambiguous World. Elsevier, 29–41.
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Lodovica Marchesi, Michele Marchesi, Giuseppe Destefanis, Giulio Barabino, and Danilo Tigano. 2020. Design patterns for gas optimization in ethereum. In 2020 IEEE International Workshop on Blockchain Oriented Software Engineering (IWBOSE). IEEE, 9–15.
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Ali Raza. 2024. Why You Should Learn Web 2.0 Before Getting into Web 3.0. [link].
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Nicolás Sánchez-Gómez, Jesus Torres-Valderrama, Julián Alberto García-García, Javier J Gutiérrez, and MJ Escalona. 2020. Model-based software design and testing in blockchain smart contracts: A systematic literature review. IEEE Access 8 (2020), 164556–164569.
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Jie Song, Pengyi Zhang, Mohammed Alkubati, Yubin Bao, and Ge Yu. 2022. Research advances on blockchain-as-a-service: Architectures, applications and challenges. Digital Communications and Networks 8, 4 (2022), 466–475.
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TokenMinds. 2024. Token distribution ultimate guide - Maximizing your crypto project’s success in 2024.
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30/09/2024
Como Citar
SOARES, Pamella; ARAÚJO, Allysson Allex; SARAIVA, Raphael; SOUZA, Jerffeson.
Towards Blockchain Developer Experience (BcDEx): Exploring Dimensions of Developer Experience in Blockchain-oriented Software Engineering. In: SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE ENGENHARIA DE SOFTWARE (SBES), 38. , 2024, Curitiba/PR.
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Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
2024
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p. 616-622.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbes.2024.3575.
