Title :
Colour beads visual representation of compositional relational programs
Author :
Pacaci, Gorkem ; Hamfelt, Andreas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Media, Uppsala Univ., Uppsala, Sweden
Abstract :
Building on a compositional relational programming language Combilog, code visualization with a motivation of flexible practical applications is explored. Following from earlier work, a new coloured and human perception-centric iteration of visual representation is introduced, and its effects on understanding code are analysed by means of a user study. Results showed that visuals helped participants to solve code-related questions 46% faster with 69% less errors.
Keywords :
logic programming languages; program visualisation; visual languages; Combilog; code visualization; code-related questions; colour beads visual representation; compositional relational programming language; human perception-centric iteration; logic programming language; Computer languages; Educational institutions; Indexes; Logic programming; Visual systems; Visualization; Combilog; Compositional Relational Programming; Declarative Programming; Higraph; Logic Programming; Visual Programming;
Conference_Titel :
Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), 2013 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
DOI :
10.1109/VLHCC.2013.6645256