Title :
Films as graphical comments in the source code of programs
Author :
Mossenbock, Hanspeter
Author_Institution :
Johannes Kepler Univ., Linz, Austria
fDate :
28 Jul-1 Aug 1997
Abstract :
The author suggests using animated pictures (films) as graphical comments in the source code of programs. Such pictures can be played forwards and backwards in steps under the control of the user. They can have multiple branches, which lead to different pictures. Animation effects can be applied to show how a picture changes over time. This can be useful for visualizing the dynamic behavior of programs. He shows how to extend an object-oriented graphics editor so that it can be used for creating and viewing films. He also explains how such films can be embedded into the source code of programs using a text framework
Keywords :
computer animation; data visualisation; object-oriented programming; software tools; animated pictures; animation effects; dynamic behavior visualization; films; graphical comments; object-oriented graphics editor; program source code; text framework; Animation; Color; Data structures; Documentation; Graphics; Joining processes; Programming profession; Text processing; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems, 1997. TOOLS 23. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Santa Barbara, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8383-X
DOI :
10.1109/TOOLS.1997.654704
