TraceGraph: immediate visual location of software features

Author

Lukoit, Kazimiras ; Wilde, Norman ; Stowell, Scott ; Hennessey, Tim

Author_Institution

Univ. of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

33

Lastpage

39

Abstract

Software engineers often need to locate where particular features of a program are implemented in order to fix a bug or introduce an enhancement. This paper describes a tool called TraceGraph to support this task, particularly for large, long-running or interactive software. TraceGraph provides a simple visual display of the program´s trace which allows changes in execution to be easily distinguished. A software engineer can run the feature he or she is interested in, and immediately view how program execution varies. Case studies on two large systems show how TraceGraph may be applied to different kinds of traces. Displays similar to TraceGraph would be good candidates for inclusion in software monitoring or debugging systems

Keywords

program debugging; software maintenance; system monitoring; TraceGraph; immediate visual location; interactive software; large software; long-running software; program execution; software debugging; software engineering; software features; software monitoring; Software maintenance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Maintenance, 2000. Proceedings. International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

ISSN

1063-6773

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0753-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSM.2000.882985

Filename

882985