Title :
View infinity: a zoomable interface for feature-oriented software development
Author :
Stengel, Michael ; Frisch, Mathias ; Apel, Sven ; Feigenspan, Janet ; Kästner, Christian ; Dachselt, Raimund
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
Abstract :
Software product line engineering provides efficient means to develop variable software. To support program comprehension of software product lines (SPLs), we developed View Infinity, a tool that provides seamless and semantic zooming of different abstraction layers of an SPL. First results of a qualitative study with experienced SPL developers are promising and indicate that View Infinity is useful and intuitive to use.
Keywords :
product development; reverse engineering; software reusability; abstraction layers; feature-oriented software development; program comprehension; seamless zooming; semantic zooming; software product line engineering; view infinity; zoomable interface; Histograms; Image color analysis; Programming; Semantics; Software; Software engineering; Visualization; program comprehension; semantic zooming; software product lines; variability;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering (ICSE), 2011 33rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4503-0445-0
Electronic_ISBN :
0270-5257
DOI :
10.1145/1985793.1985987
