Mon 26 Oct 2015 11:10 - 11:30 at Grand Station 5 - Tools Chair(s): Thomas LaToza

We present a Lightweight Integrated Code Visualization (LICV) tool designed to aid programmers using Integrated Development Environments (IDEs). LICV is implemented as a plug-in for the Eclipse IDE for Java Developers. LICV continuously tracks the active editor in the IDE and visualizes up to 24 code features in a designated non-intrusive view. LICV is designed to facilitate fast understanding of the structure of the code in order to help users carry out routine programming tasks. It enables users to zoom, filter, search, and go back and forth between the code and the visualization via direct manipulation. We conducted a formative evaluation of LICV by carrying out two user studies which compared LICV against regular Eclipse in four tasks. We found that LICV significantly reduced participants’ completion times by nearly 50% for three out of four tasks. Further, participants significantly preferred using LICV to perform the tasks.

Aiding Programmers using Lightweight Integrated Code Visualization (plateau2015-kristensson.pdf)393KiB

Mon 26 Oct

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10:30 - 12:00
ToolsPLATEAU at Grand Station 5
Chair(s): Thomas LaToza George Mason University
10:30
20m
Talk
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David Pritchard University of Waterloo, Canada
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10:50
20m
Talk
An Evaluation of the DiaSuite Toolset by Professional Developers
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Milan Kabáč University of Bordeaux / Inria Bordeaux / LaBRI, Nic Volanschi Inria Bordeaux, Charles Consel University of Bordeaux
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11:10
20m
Talk
Aiding Programmers using Lightweight Integrated Code Visualization
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Per Ola Kristensson University of Cambridge, Chung Leung Lam University of Cambridge
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11:30
10m
Talk
Towards moldable development tools
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Andrei Chiş University of Bern, Switzerland, Tudor Gîrba tudorgirba.com, Switzerland, Oscar Nierstrasz University of Bern, Switzerland
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11:40
13m
Talk
Understanding the Effects of Code Presentation
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Jason Jacques University of Cambridge, Per Ola Kristensson University of Cambridge
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