• DocumentCode
    3131706
  • Title

    Visualising object-oriented source code complexity using XML

  • Author

    Marks, R.M. ; Wilkie, F.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Software Process Technol., Ulster Univ., Newtownabbey, Ireland
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    14-16 April 2004
  • Firstpage
    161
  • Lastpage
    170
  • Abstract
    In this paper a tool is described which employs a variety of XML technologies to enable Java object oriented source code applications to be visualised. The tool utilises various complexity metrics which have been rendered visually using effective graphical metaphors. The evaluation of the tool in a commercial setting is described and the results of its use by several development teams are presented. The work demonstrates the feasibility and strengths of using XML in visualising software.
  • Keywords
    XML; computational complexity; object-oriented methods; program visualisation; Java; XML; complexity visualisation; object-oriented source codes; software development; software visualisation; source code complexity; Animation; Feedback; HTML; Humans; Navigation; Programming profession; Systems engineering and theory; Tagging; Visualization; XML;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering Complex Computer Systems, 2004. Proceedings. Ninth IEEE International Conference on
  • ISSN
    1050-4729
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-2109-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICECCS.2004.1310914
  • Filename
    1310914