DocumentCode :
2410686
Title :
Visually testing recursive programs in spreadsheet languages
Author :
Burnett, Margaret ; Ren, Bing ; Ko, Andrew ; Cook, Curtis ; Rothermel, Gregg
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, USA
fYear :
2001
fDate :
2001
Firstpage :
288
Lastpage :
295
Abstract :
Although there has been recent research into ways to design visual programming languages and environments, little attention has been given to systematic testing in these languages, and what work has been done does not address "power" features such as recursion. In this paper, we discuss two possible ways the "What You See Is What You Test" methodology could be extended to accommodate recursion. The approaches are presented in terms of their testing theoretic aspects and then implementation strategies and algorithms. Since the goal is to help the people using these languages, we also present an empirical study and use its results to inform our choice as to which of the two approaches to adopt
Keywords :
program testing; spreadsheet programs; visual programming; WYSIWYT approach; data visualizations; recursive program testing; spreadsheet languages; visual programming languages; Computer languages; Computer science; Data visualization; Feedback; Logic testing; Pipelines; Programming profession; Prototypes; Software prototyping; System testing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Human-Centric Computing Languages and Environments, 2001. Proceedings IEEE Symposia on
Conference_Location :
Stresa
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7198-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/HCC.2001.995276
Filename :
995276
Link To Document :
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