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A Comparative Evaluation of Linear and Fisheye Views of Source Code

Brief Paper: Other ID: 22410
  1. Sureeporn Lohphongphaibul
    Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University (Rangsit) Paholyothin Rd., Klong 1, Klong Luang, Prathumthani, 12121

Abstract: Understanding of and navigating in programs are very essential activities in software development. It is very helpful to have tools to aid software developers to navigate and comprehend programs effectively. A fisheye view is the one of visualizing techniques that support navigation and comprehension of documents and systems. Empirical studies of fisheye views in several domains have shown positive results; however, there are few studies that study the effectiveness of fisheye view on programming. The current study was to examine the effect of the fisheye view on program navigation and comprehension. The experiment compared the usability of the fisheye view and the linear view. Ten students were randomly divided into two groups to perform the program comprehension and navigation tasks, and answer the questionnaire of satisfactory toward the viewing tools. The experimental results indicated that the fisheye view did not have an effect on program comprehension and navigation. Also it did not increase the participant’s satisfactory more positively than the linear viewing tool.

Presider: Thato Foko, Meraka Institute

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