Title :
A program visualization tool for program comprehension
Author :
Ohki, Mikio ; Hosaka, Yasuo
Author_Institution :
Nippon Inst. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
At the beginning stage of programming education, comprehending program logics plays a more important role than capturing knowledge of a specific program language. In this paper, the authors describe an outline of a visualization tool that animates the actions of a program by adding simple annotations to the variables defined in a program, and show several ideas to improve the usability of this tool. The authors also discuss the effectiveness of program visualization.
Keywords :
computer animation; computer science education; program visualisation; reverse engineering; program action animation; program comprehension; program logic; program variable annotation; program visualization tool; programming education; software tool; Animation; Arithmetic; Educational programs; Educational technology; Logic testing; Programmable logic arrays; Programming profession; Shape control; Sorting; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8225-0
DOI :
10.1109/HCC.2003.1260243
