{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3043629731","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/vl/hcc50065.2020.9127274","title":"Exploring Programmers' API Learning Processes: Collecting Web Resources as External Memory","display_name":"Exploring Programmers' API Learning Processes: Collecting Web Resources as External Memory","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-07-16","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3043629731","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/vl/hcc50065.2020.9127274","mag":"3043629731"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/vl/hcc50065.2020.9127274","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/vl/hcc50065.2020.9127274","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2020 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5045993041","display_name":"Gao Gao","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I133738476","display_name":"University of Massachusetts Lowell","ror":"https://ror.org/03hamhx47","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I133738476"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Gao Gao","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I133738476"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5016639995","display_name":"Finn Voichick","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1913-4178"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I204465549","display_name":"Washington University in St. Louis","ror":"https://ror.org/01yc7t268","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I204465549"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Finn Voichick","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204465549"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007274661","display_name":"Michelle Ichinco","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I133738476","display_name":"University of Massachusetts Lowell","ror":"https://ror.org/03hamhx47","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I133738476"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Michelle Ichinco","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I133738476"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5042259261","display_name":"Caitlin Kelleher","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9470-1478"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I204465549","display_name":"Washington University in St. Louis","ror":"https://ror.org/01yc7t268","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I204465549"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Caitlin Kelleher","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204465549"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":15,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"10"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11675","display_name":"Open Source Software Innovations","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.9854000210762024,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8270663022994995},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/coding","display_name":"Coding (social sciences)","score":0.5608009696006775},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/task","display_name":"Task (project management)","score":0.512486457824707},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/application-programming-interface","display_name":"Application programming interface","score":0.50674968957901},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/set","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","score":0.4410889148712158},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human\u2013computer-interaction","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","score":0.4143199622631073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.40344521403312683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.19135171175003052}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8270663022994995},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C179518139","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5140297","display_name":"Coding (social sciences)","level":2,"score":0.5608009696006775},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780451532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759676","display_name":"Task (project management)","level":2,"score":0.512486457824707},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C99613125","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165194","display_name":"Application programming interface","level":2,"score":0.50674968957901},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.4410889148712158},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.4143199622631073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.40344521403312683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.19135171175003052},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187736073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920921","display_name":"Management","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/vl/hcc50065.2020.9127274","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/vl/hcc50065.2020.9127274","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2020 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":73,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W65691300","https://openalex.org/W1501367599","https://openalex.org/W1580195166","https://openalex.org/W1602028541","https://openalex.org/W1964679590","https://openalex.org/W1969429349","https://openalex.org/W1976637107","https://openalex.org/W1990693033","https://openalex.org/W1991613282","https://openalex.org/W1996832863","https://openalex.org/W2008107570","https://openalex.org/W2008149650","https://openalex.org/W2013731130","https://openalex.org/W2014243053","https://openalex.org/W2016301867","https://openalex.org/W2022557060","https://openalex.org/W2028770149","https://openalex.org/W2042950801","https://openalex.org/W2044049174","https://openalex.org/W2048627472","https://openalex.org/W2064189581","https://openalex.org/W2067115680","https://openalex.org/W2074842205","https://openalex.org/W2088325320","https://openalex.org/W2088730954","https://openalex.org/W2093495548","https://openalex.org/W2105849154","https://openalex.org/W2112627888","https://openalex.org/W2114315419","https://openalex.org/W2116304133","https://openalex.org/W2120514094","https://openalex.org/W2120704737","https://openalex.org/W2122401044","https://openalex.org/W2123333323","https://openalex.org/W2124868162","https://openalex.org/W2130736456","https://openalex.org/W2131057562","https://openalex.org/W2133247167","https://openalex.org/W2134637101","https://openalex.org/W2136090849","https://openalex.org/W2136119429","https://openalex.org/W2140995456","https://openalex.org/W2146826167","https://openalex.org/W2146889309","https://openalex.org/W2148447775","https://openalex.org/W2148802858","https://openalex.org/W2151905266","https://openalex.org/W2151996389","https://openalex.org/W2154671002","https://openalex.org/W2160570190","https://openalex.org/W2160756984","https://openalex.org/W2162363818","https://openalex.org/W2171955640","https://openalex.org/W2246363069","https://openalex.org/W2395092677","https://openalex.org/W2517541169","https://openalex.org/W2612715070","https://openalex.org/W2883832864","https://openalex.org/W2903475348","https://openalex.org/W2953723845","https://openalex.org/W2973377235","https://openalex.org/W2974036012","https://openalex.org/W3139818494","https://openalex.org/W3141789851","https://openalex.org/W3151410988","https://openalex.org/W4232188856","https://openalex.org/W4238998169","https://openalex.org/W4239816899","https://openalex.org/W4243906228","https://openalex.org/W6629779416","https://openalex.org/W6634998778","https://openalex.org/W6682201483","https://openalex.org/W6726291576"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2548721895","https://openalex.org/W2373456246","https://openalex.org/W2013265273","https://openalex.org/W4238809000","https://openalex.org/W2786646446","https://openalex.org/W2312871963","https://openalex.org/W2331739042","https://openalex.org/W2390930322","https://openalex.org/W3196817267","https://openalex.org/W4386392971"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Modern":[0],"programming":[1],"frequently":[2],"requires":[3],"the":[4,63,73],"use":[5],"of":[6,43,65,77,88],"APIs":[7],"(Application":[8],"Programming":[9],"Interfaces).":[10],"Yet":[11],"many":[12],"programmers":[13],"struggle":[14],"when":[15],"trying":[16],"to":[17,103,106],"learn":[18],"APIs.":[19,82],"We":[20,35],"ran":[21],"an":[22,31],"exploratory":[23],"study":[24],"in":[25,47],"which":[26,94],"we":[27],"observed":[28],"participants":[29],"performing":[30],"API":[32,44,66,89],"learning":[33,81],"task.":[34],"analyze":[36],"their":[37],"processes":[38],"using":[39],"a":[40,86],"proposed":[41],"model":[42,64],"learning,":[45],"grounded":[46],"Cognitive":[48],"Load":[49],"Theory,":[50,53],"Information":[51,92],"Foraging":[52,93],"and":[54,68,75,99],"External":[55],"Memory":[56],"research.":[57],"The":[58],"results":[59],"provide":[60],"support":[61],"for":[62],"Learning":[67],"add":[69],"new":[70],"insights":[71],"into":[72],"form":[74],"usage":[76],"external":[78,97],"memory":[79,98],"while":[80,110],"Programmers":[83],"quickly":[84],"curated":[85],"set":[87],"resources":[90,105],"through":[91],"served":[95],"as":[96],"then":[100],"primarily":[101],"referred":[102],"these":[104],"meet":[107],"information":[108],"needs":[109],"coding.":[111]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-07-14T23:27:15.235271","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}