DocumentCode
1893005
Title
Colour beads visual representation of compositional relational programs
Author
Pacaci, Gorkem ; Hamfelt, Andreas
Author_Institution
Dept. of Inf. & Media, Uppsala Univ., Uppsala, Sweden
fYear
2013
fDate
15-19 Sept. 2013
Firstpage
131
Lastpage
134
Abstract
Building on a compositional relational programming language Combilog, code visualization with a motivation of flexible practical applications is explored. Following from earlier work, a new coloured and human perception-centric iteration of visual representation is introduced, and its effects on understanding code are analysed by means of a user study. Results showed that visuals helped participants to solve code-related questions 46% faster with 69% less errors.
Keywords
logic programming languages; program visualisation; visual languages; Combilog; code visualization; code-related questions; colour beads visual representation; compositional relational programming language; human perception-centric iteration; logic programming language; Computer languages; Educational institutions; Indexes; Logic programming; Visual systems; Visualization; Combilog; Compositional Relational Programming; Declarative Programming; Higraph; Logic Programming; Visual Programming;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), 2013 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
ISSN
1943-6092
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/VLHCC.2013.6645256
Filename
6645256
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