In this cycle, the team added more code-completion shortcuts to generate code snippets, which were based on the Eclipse convention because Java-specific functionality comes from the Eclipse JDT ...

We propose six new edit types for Genetic Improvement of Java software, based on the insertion of break, continue and return statements. The idea is to add shortcuts that allow parts of the program to ...

Note: JUnit 3 styled tests are not supported in this extension (i.e. extends junit.framework.TestCase). The extension will generate shortcuts (the green play button) on the left side of the class and ...

Looking to bolster the appeal of Visual Studio Code to Java developers, Microsoft has published a roadmap for bringing new Java-related capabilities to the code editor.

Genetic Improvement of software applies search methods to existing software to improve the target program in some way. Impressive results have been achieved, including substantial speedups, using ...

Brownlee AEI, Petke J & Rasburn AF (2020) Injecting Shortcuts for Faster Running Java Code. In: 2020 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC). IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, ...