Classifying desirable features of software visualization tools for corrective maintenance

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Classifying desirable features of software visualization tools for corrective maintenance

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Software Visualization archive
Proceedings of the 4th ACM symposium on Software visualization table of contents

Ammersee, Germany

SESSION: Software visualization for maintenance table of contents

Pages 87-90

Year of Publication: 2008

ISBN:978-1-60558-112-5

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Mariam Sensalire	Makerere University, Uganda
Patrick Ogao	Makerere University, Uganda
Alexandru Telea	University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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SIGGRAPH: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
SIGSOFT: ACM Special Interest Group on Software Engineering
SIGPLAN: ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages
SIGCHI : Specialist Interest Group in Computer-Human Interaction of the ACM

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

We provide an evaluation of 15 software visualization tools applicable to corrective maintenance. The tasks supported as well as the techniques used are presented and graded based on the support level. By analyzing user acceptation of current tools, we aim to help developers to select what to consider, avoid or improve in their next releases. Tool users can also recognize what to broadly expect (and what not) from such tools, thereby supporting an informed choice for the tools evaluated here and for similar tools.

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