2018 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT)最新文献

Steering Committee 指导委员会

2018 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT) Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.1109/vissoft.2018.00007

F. B. Lima

引用次数: 0

Visualization Tool for Designing Microservices with the Monolith-First Approach 用单块优先方法设计微服务的可视化工具

2018 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT) Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.1109/VISSOFT.2018.00012

Rina Nakazawa, Takanori Ueda, Miki Enoki, H. Horii

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引用次数: 13

Detecting Bad Smells in Software Systems with Linked Multivariate Visualizations 用关联的多变量可视化检测软件系统中的不良气味

2018 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT) Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.1109/VISSOFT.2018.00010

Haris Mumtaz, Fabian Beck, D. Weiskopf

引用次数: 12

Combining and Visualizing Time-Oriented Data from the Software Engineering Toolset 从软件工程工具集中组合和可视化面向时间的数据

2018 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT) Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.1109/VISSOFT.2018.00016

Johann Grabner, Roman Decker, T. Artner, Mario Bernhart, T. Grechenig

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引用次数: 2

The Code Mini-Map Visualisation: Encoding Conceptual Structures Within Source Code 代码迷你地图可视化:在源代码中编码概念结构

2018 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT) Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.1109/VISSOFT.2018.00023

Ivan Bacher, Brian Mac Namee, John D. Kelleher

{"title":"The Code Mini-Map Visualisation: Encoding Conceptual Structures Within Source Code","authors":"Ivan Bacher, Brian Mac Namee, John D. Kelleher","doi":"10.1109/VISSOFT.2018.00023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VISSOFT.2018.00023","url":null,"abstract":"Modern source code editors typically include a code mini-map visualisation, which provides programmers with an overview of the currently open source code document. This paper proposes to add a layering mechanism to the code mini-map visualisation in order to provide programmers with visual answers to questions related to conceptual structures that are not manifested directly in the code. Details regarding the design and implementation of this scope information layer, which displays additional encodings that correspond to the scope chain and information related to the scope chain within a source code document, is presented. The scope information layer can be used by programmers to answer questions such as: to which scope does a specific variable belong, and in which scope is the cursor of the source code editor currently located in. Additionally, this paper presents a study that evaluates the effectiveness of adding the scope information layer to a code mini-map visualisation in order to help programmers understand scope relationships within source code. The results of the study show that the incorporating additional layers of information onto the code mini-map visualisation can have a positive effect on code understanding.","PeriodicalId":412558,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT)","volume":"393 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115984583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 4

Effective Visualization of Object Allocation Sites 有效的可视化对象分配地点

2018 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT) Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.1109/VISSOFT.2018.00013

Alison Fernandez Blanco, Juan Pablo Sandoval Alcocer, Alexandre Bergel

引用次数: 5

Simultaneous Visual Analysis of Multiple Software Hierarchies 多个软件层次的同时可视化分析

2018 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT) Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.1109/VISSOFT.2018.00017

C. Schulz, Adrian Zeyfang, M. V. Garderen, Houssem Ben Lahmar, Melanie Herschel, D. Weiskopf

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引用次数: 2

A Controlled Experiment on Spatial Orientation in VR-Based Software Cities 基于vr的软件城市空间定位控制实验

2018 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT) Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.1109/VISSOFT.2018.00011

Marc O. Rüdel, J. Ganser, R. Koschke

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引用次数: 17

Quantitative Comparison of Dynamic Treemaps for Software Evolution Visualization 软件演化可视化中动态树图的定量比较

2018 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT) Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.1109/VISSOFT.2018.00018

E. F. Vernier, A. Telea, J. Comba

引用次数: 12

Towards Viewpoint-driven Visual Analysis for Effective Architecture Recovery 面向有效架构恢复的视点驱动可视化分析

2018 IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT) Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.1109/VISSOFT.2018.00024

D. T. Daniel, Egon Wuchner, M. Stal, P. Liggesmeyer

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