Title :
Visual support for programming-in-the-large
Author :
Rajlich, Vaclav ; Damaskinos, N. ; Linos, Panagiotis ; Silva, Joao ; Khorsid, W.
Author_Institution :
Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI, USA
Abstract :
A brief description of the VIFOR (visual interactive Fortran) environment is given. VIFOR is based on a simple, but effective data model of Fortran programs containing three entity classes and three relation classes only. Programs can be displayed and edited in two forms: the traditional one (i.e., code) and the visual form. VIFOR contains transformation tools for both directions, i.e., from code to visual form and from visual form to skeletons of code. Hence, it is suitable for reverse engineering and maintenance of existing code. Specially designed browsers implement the graphical interface
Keywords :
FORTRAN; computer graphics; interactive systems; programming environments; software tools; user interfaces; VIFOR; browsers; entity classes; graphical interface; maintenance; programming environments; programming-in-the-large; relation classes; reverse engineering; transformation tools; user interfaces; visual interactive Fortran; Algorithms; Computer languages; Data models; Manufacturing; Programming environments; Programming profession; Reverse engineering; Skeleton; Software maintenance; Telephony;
Conference_Titel :
Software Maintenance, 1988., Proceedings of the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Scottsdale, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0879-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICSM.1988.10146
