The most prominent software development concepts cited in IT professionals’ blogs

Abstract

Current paper attempts to identify and categorise the most prominent software development concepts at present time. To achieve that, we employed the method of text mining on weblogs written by software development practitioners. Large volume of text extracted from the most popular professional blogs provided basis for frequency analysis of relevant concepts. These concepts were then categorised using a recognised ontology of software development. The results of this study can be used for updating an existing software development ontology, for constructing checklists to be used by both technical specialists and inexperienced clients prior to starting a software project and, finally, for constructing relevant courses and trainings for non-technical clients.