OctoBubbles: A Multi-view interactive environment for concurrent visualization and synchronization of UML models and code

2018 IEEE 25th International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER) Pub Date : 2018-03-20 DOI:10.1109/SANER.2018.8330244

Rodi Jolak, Khanh-Duy Le, Kaan Burak Sener, M. Chaudron

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The process of software understanding often requires developers to consult both high- and low-level software artifacts (i.e. models and code). The creation and persistence of such artifacts often take place in different environments, as well as seldom in one single environment. In both cases, software models and code fragments are viewable separately making the workspace overcrowded with many opened interfaces and tabs. In such a situation, developers might lose the big picture and spend unnecessary effort on navigation and locating the artifact of interest. To assist program comprehension and tackle the problem of software navigation, we present OctoBubbles, a multi-view interactive environment for concurrent visualization and synchronization of software models and code. A preliminary evaluation of OctoBubbles with 15 professional developers shows a high level of interest, and points out to potential benefits. Furthermore, we present a future plan to quantitatively investigate the effectiveness of the environment.

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OctoBubbles:用于UML模型和代码的并发可视化和同步化的多视图交互环境

软件理解的过程通常需要开发人员同时查阅高级和低级软件工件(即模型和代码)。这些工件的创建和持久化通常发生在不同的环境中，很少发生在单一环境中。在这两种情况下，软件模型和代码片段都是可以分开查看的，这使得工作空间充满了许多打开的界面和选项卡。在这种情况下，开发人员可能会失去大局，并在导航和定位感兴趣的工件上花费不必要的精力。为了帮助程序理解和解决软件导航问题，我们提出了一个多视图交互环境，用于软件模型和代码的并发可视化和同步。15名专业开发人员对OctoBubbles进行了初步评估，结果显示出人们对其非常感兴趣，并指出了潜在的好处。此外，我们提出了未来定量调查环境有效性的计划。

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2018 IEEE 25th International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER)

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