Interactive Visual Mechanisms for Exploring Source Code Evolution

Author

Telea, Alexandru ; Voinea, Lucian

Author_Institution

Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

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0

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0-0 0

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The visual code navigator (VCN) is an ongoing effort to build a visual environment for interactive visualization of large source code bases. We present two techniques that extend the previous work done on the VCN. We propose an efficient and effective mechanism for specifying and visualizing queries on the source code. Next, we show a new project evolution view that offers global insight in change correlations that span several files, and thus lets users sport possible inconsistencies, problems, or undesired project structuring. We illustrate both mechanisms using a real-life C++ source code base

Keywords

C++ language; program visualisation; software maintenance; C++ source code base; interactive visual mechanisms; interactive visualization; large source code bases; project evolution view; source code evolution exploration; source code query specification; source code query visualization; visual code navigator; visual environment; Collaboration; Computer science; Control systems; Data visualization; Displays; Information resources; Materials reliability; Navigation; Pixel; Software maintenance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Visualizing Software for Understanding and Analysis, 2005. VISSOFT 2005. 3rd IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Budapest

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9540-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VISSOF.2005.1684304

Filename

1684304