Title :
Viewing Object-Oriented Software with MetricAttitude: An Empirical Evaluation
Author :
Francese, Rita ; Risi, Michael ; Scanniello, Giuseppe ; Tortora, Giuseppe
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
Abstract :
MetricAttitude is a visualization tool based on static analysis that provides a mental picture by viewing an object-oriented software system by means of polymetric views. In this paper, we present a preliminary empirical investigation based on a questionnaire-based survey to assess Metric Attitude with respect to source code comprehension tasks. Participants involved in this study were Computer Science students and software professionals. The results suggest that Metric Attitude is a viable means to comprehend source code and that both kinds of participants in the empirical investigation considered it to be appropriate in source code comprehension.
Keywords :
object-oriented methods; program diagnostics; program visualisation; source code (software); MetricAttitude; computer science students; object-oriented software system; polymetric views; preliminary empirical investigation; questionnaire-based survey; software professionals; software visualization tool; source code comprehension; source code comprehension tasks; static analysis; Abstracts; Color; Layout; Measurement; Software systems; Visualization; Program Comprehension; Reverse Engineering; Software Maintenance; Software Metrics; Software Visualization Tool;
Conference_Titel :
Information Visualisation (IV), 2014 18th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris
