Dynamic Data-Flow Analysis With Dacite: Evaluating an Integrated Data-Flow Visualization Approach
Troost, Laura; Neugebauer, Jonathan; Kuchen, Herbert
Forschungsartikel in Sammelband (Konferenz) | Peer reviewedZusammenfassung
According to different studies, analyzing the data-flow coverage when testing programs is a highly effective approach to ensure software quality. However, there is a need for tools making an effective and comprehensible visualization of a program's data flow easily accessible. With Dacite, we intend to meet this need by visualizing data-flows of Java programs within multiple editing environments based on the Language Server Protocol (LSP). We present our visualization approach and outline how we used the LSP for realizing the visualization. We evaluate Dacite based on a usability study giving insights in the effectiveness and comprehensibility of the data-flow visualization.
Details zur Publikation
Herausgeber*innen: Kaindl, Hermann; Mannion, Mike; Maciaszek, Leszek A.
Buchtitel: Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering
Seitenbereich: 251-270
Verlag: Springer Nature
Erscheinungsort: Cham
Titel der Reihe: Communications in Computer and Information Science (ISSN: 1865-0937)
Nr. in Reihe: 2028
Status: Veröffentlicht
Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024
Konferenz: 18th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - ENASE, Prag, Tschechien
ISBN: 978-3-031-64182-4
Stichwörter: Data-flow analysis; Bytecode analysis; Java instrumentation; Software testing; Language server protocol; Usability testing
Autor*innen der Universität Münster
| Kuchen, Herbert | Lehrstuhl für Praktische Informatik in der Wirtschaft (Prof. Kuchen) (PI) |
| Neugebauer, Jonathan | Lehrstuhl für Praktische Informatik in der Wirtschaft (Prof. Kuchen) (PI) |
| Troost, Laura | Lehrstuhl für Praktische Informatik in der Wirtschaft (Prof. Kuchen) (PI) |