Code Duplication - Why and How to Detect It

Qt World Summit 2025 Technical Breakout Presentation Reusing code through copying and pasting is omnipresent in software development. Yet, it introduces redundancy that needs to be managed. If a change needs to be made in a piece of copied code, the same change may need to be replicated in each copy. This presentation summarizes the existing scientific body of knowledge on the why and how to detect duplicated code. Speaker: RAINER KOSCHKE Distinguished Software Engineer, Qt Group Visit our website: https://qt.io