A graphical user interface for presenting integrated development environment command recommendations: Design, evaluation, and implementation

This paper shows that a convenient graphical user interface is critical to achieve high acceptance of IDE command recommendations. Our work also illustrates steps useful for undertaking user studies related to IDE command recommendations in a practical setting without human intervention. A future step is to evaluate the interface within the business environment, where recommendations are generated and presented in an IDE used by practicing software developers as part of their normal workday.