Effects of the number of developers on code quality in open source software: a case study

Eleven open source software projects written in C/C++ were analyzed to determine if the number of committing developers impacts code quality. We use cyclomatic complexity, lines of code per function, comment density, and maximum nesting as surrogate measures of code quality. We find no significant evidence to suggest that the number of committing developers affects the quality of software. Categories and Subject Descriptors D.2.8 [Software Engineering]: Metrics

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: ESEM
• Authors: Brandon Norick, Justin Krohn, Eben Howard, Ben Welna, Clemente Izurieta
• Keywords: Code Quality, ESEM 2010, Impacts Code Quality, Open Source Software, Software Engineering