Iftikhar Ahmed Khan, Robert M. Hierons, Willem-Paul Brinkman. Mood independent programming. Preprint 2007.
Motivation – The motivation behind this study is to improve the programmer’s coding and debugging performance by considering their moods.
Research approach – This study will use an empirical research approach that involves the use of un-controlled and controlled experimentation.
Findings/Design – The main findings suggest that there is a possible effect of moods on the performance of the programmers’ coding and debugging activities.
Take away message – Moods may have an impact on programmer’s performance. It may be possible to detect moods on the basis of information regarding the programmer’s use of the keyboard and mouse, and to integrate them into development environments that can improve programmer performance.