An empirical study of best practices for code pre-trained models on software engineering classification tasks

Yu Zhao, Lina Gong, Yaoshen Yu, Zhiqiu Huang, Mingqiang Wei

Abstract: Highlights•Summarize two scenarios of using code PTMs in the SE classification task field.•Empirical study for the effect of various code PTMs on the SE classification tasks.•Derive best practices for SE practitioners to use code PTMs for classification tasks.