Authors | B. Cornelissen, D. Holten, A. Zaidman, L. Moonen, J. van Wijk and A. van Deursen |
Title | Understanding Execution Traces Using Massive Sequence and Circular Bundle Views |
Status | Published |
Publication Type | Proceedings, refereed |
Year of Publication | 2007 |
Conference Name | Proceedings 15th International Conference on Program Comprehension (ICPC) |
Pagination | 49-58 |
ISBN Number | 0-7695-2860-0 |
Abstract | The use of dynamic information to aid in software understanding is a common practice nowadays. One of the many approaches concerns the comprehension of execution traces. A major issue in this context is scalability: due to the vast amounts of information, it is a very difficult task to successfully find your way through such traces without getting lost. In this paper, we propose the use of a novel trace visu- alization method based on a massive sequence and circular bundle view, constructed with scalability in mind. By means of three usage scenarios that were conducted on three dif- ferent software systems, we show how our approach, imple- mented in a tool called EXTRAVIS, is applicable to the areas of trace exploration, feature location, and feature comprehension. |
Citation Key | Simula.SE.459 |