On the prevalence, co-occurrence, and impact of infrastructure-as-code smells
Published in 2024 IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER), 2024
Recommended citation: Bessghaier, N., Begoug, M., Mebarki, C., Ouni, A., Sayagh, M., & Mkaouer, M. W. (2024, March). On the prevalence, co-occurrence, and impact of infrastructure-as-code smells. In 2024 IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER) (pp. 23-34). IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=10589858
Similarly to other code files, Infrastructure-as-Code files can suffer from violations of established implementation and design standards, i.e., IaC smells. Although prior research has studied various aspects of traditional smells in non-IaC artifacts, there is little knowledge of how IaC smells are prevalent, co-occurring, and impacting the change and defect proneness of IaC code.