A visual analysis and design tool for planning software reengineerings

Beck, Martín; Trumper, Jonas; Döllner, Jürgen

doi:10.1109/vissof.2011.6069458

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“…Most 2D metaphors are abstract (e.g., graphs and tree maps [2], [18]- [20]), whereas 3D metaphors range from being abstract (e.g., 3D graphs [21]- [23]) to real-world inspired with the information city [24]- [31] as one of the most commonly applied 3D software visualization metaphors. Visualizations in 3D can be distinguished by their medium as being displayed on a 2D standard screen or in immersive virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) via head-mounted devices.…”

Section: A Software Visualizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Software visualization is helpful for gaining an overview of a system during re-engineering [2] [32] [33] and new techniques, such as VR, have the potential to advance the state of user interaction with visualizations for the purpose of documenting and planning a re-engineering process.…”

Section: A Software Visualizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The tasks were consistent across all iterations. A complete version of our interview guide with more elaborate task descriptions and questions is available in our online appendix 2 .…”

Section: A Study Phasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Re-engineering an existing software system is an endeavour that requires significant preparation [1]. This preparation encompasses cycles of (1) reverse engineering (exploring and understanding relevant aspects of the system, such as its architectural structure), (2) identifying re-engineering opportunities (such as unintended dependencies between architectural components), and (3) planning an intended future state as re-engineering goal [2], [3]. Different methods exist that support engineers in preparing for software re-engineering.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Preparing Software Re-Engineering via Freehand Sketches in Virtual Reality

Hoff,

Seidl,

Lungu

et al. 2023

2023 IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME)

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Re-architecting a software system requires significant preparation, e.g., to scope and design new modules with their boundaries and constituent classes. When planning an intended future state of a system as a re-engineering goal, engineers often fall recur to mechanisms such as freehand sketching (using a whiteboard). While this ensures flexibility and expressiveness, the sketches remain disconnected from the source code. The alternative, tool-supported diagramming on the other hand considerably restricts flexibility and impedes free-form communication.We present a method for preparing the architectural software re-engineering via freehand sketches in virtual reality (VR) that can be seamlessly integrated with the model structure of a software visualization and, thus, also the code of a system, for productive use: Engineers explore a subject system in the immersive visualization, while freehand sketching their insights and plans. Our concept automatically interprets sketched shapes and connects them to the system's source code, and superimposes code-level references into a sketch to support engineers in reflecting on their sketches.We evaluated our method in an iterative interview-based case study with software developers from four different companies, where they planned a hypothetical re-engineering of an opensource software system.

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Section: A Software Visualizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: A Software Visualizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The tasks were consistent across all iterations. A complete version of our interview guide with more elaborate task descriptions and questions is available in our online appendix 2 .…”

Section: A Study Phasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Preparing Software Re-Engineering via Freehand Sketches in Virtual Reality

Hoff,

Seidl,

Lungu

et al. 2023

2023 IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME)

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“…For both RSs, circular bundleviews as interactive tool can be applied to conduct what-if analyses on software-system structures [22] (A1, A4, A6). They can also be used during collaborative decision processes involving multiple developers to decide upon multiple refactoring options by virtually editing such structures and supporting visual exploration of implied change impact (A5) and development activities (A2).…”

Section: Techniques: Architecture Perspectivementioning

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Extending recommendation systems with software maps

Trumper¹,

Döllner²

2012

2012 Third International Workshop on Recommendation Systems for Software Engineering (RSSE)

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Abstract-In practice, recommendation systems have evolved as helpful tools to facilitate and optimize software engineering processes. Serving both developers and managers, specific recommendation systems address their individual problems. Yet, in a number of cases complementing them with other techniques can enhance their use and extend their scope. In this paper, we first discuss different perspectives on softwareengineering processes and examples of recommendation systems that support representatives of these perspectives. We then identify how select software-map techniques can extend recommendation systems to facilitate decision making by addressing the perspectives' information and communication needs.

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