Title :
The Paradox of Software Visualization
Author :
Reiss, Steven P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Brown Univ., Providence, RI
Abstract :
Software visualization seems like such a logical and helpful concept with obvious benefits and advantages. But after decades of research and work, it has yet to be successful in any mainstream development environment. What is the reason for this paradox? Will software visualization ever be actually widely used? In this paper we argue that most past and current work in the field (our own included) is out of touch with the reality of software development and that new approaches and new ideas are needed
Keywords :
program visualisation; software engineering; software development; software visualization paradox; Animation; Computer science; Data structures; Data visualization; Instruments; Production; Programming profession; Software debugging; Software design; Unified modeling language;
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
DOI :
10.1109/VISSOF.2005.1684306
