NCQ: Code Reuse Support for Node.js Developers

Code reuse is an important part of software development. The adoption code practices especially common among Node.js developers. package manager, NPM, indexes over 1 Million packages and developers often seek out to solve programming tasks. Due the vast number packages, selecting right difficult time consuming. With goal improving productivity that heavily through third-party we present Node Query (NCQ), a Read-Eval-Print-Loop environment allows 1) search for NPM using natural language queries, 2) snippets related those 3) automatically correct errors in these snippets, 4) quickly setup new environments testing 5) transition between editing modes. In two user studies with total 20 participants, find participants begin faster conclude tasks NCQ than baseline approaches, they like, other features, packages. Our results suggest makes more efficient reusing code.