Using Eye- Tracking to Examine Query Syntax and Method Syntax Comprehension in LINQ

Abstract

Eye movement tracking systems offer the opportunity to observe and study a complex cognitive process such as programming. As a consequence of the growing number of program systems, software developers need to be able to use more and more programming technologies effectively. The paper analyses one of the possibilities of the C# programming language, the two types of the Language-Integrated Query data abstraction layer, that is the readability and comprehensibility of query and method syntax-based queries by evaluating the knowledge level and evaluating eye movement parameters.