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An empirical study of software ecosystem related tweets by npm maintainers
PeerJ Computer Science · 2024
Summary
The npm ecosystem is crucial for the JavaScript community and its development is significantly influenced by the opinions and feedback of npm maintainers. Many software ecosystem maintainers have utilized social media, such as Twitter, to share community-related information and their views. However, the communication between npm maintainers via Twitter in terms of topics, nature, and sentiment have not been analyzed. This study conducts an empirical analysis of tweets by npm maintainers related.
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What the study found
The npm ecosystem is crucial for the JavaScript community and its development is significantly influenced by the opinions and feedback of npm maintainers. Many software ecosystem maintainers have utilized social media, such as Twitter, to share community-related information and their views. However, the communication between npm maintainers via Twitter in terms of topics, nature, and sentiment have not been analyzed. This study conducts an empirical analysis of tweets by npm maintainers related.
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