Using Icicle Trees to Encode the Hierarchical Structure of Source Code
| dc.contributor.author | Bacher, Ivan | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Namee, Brian Mac | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Kelleher, John D. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.editor | Enrico Bertini and Niklas Elmqvist and Thomas Wischgoll | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-09T09:42:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-06-09T09:42:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper presents a study which evaluates the use of a tree visualisation (icicle tree) to encode the hierarchical structure of source code. The tree visualisation was combined with a source code editor in order to function as a compact overview to facilitate the process of comprehending the global structure of a source code document. Results from our study show that providing an overview visualisation led to an increase in accuracy and a decrease in completion time when participants performed counting tasks. However, in locating tasks, the presence of the visualisation led to a decrease in participants' performance. | en_US |
| dc.description.sectionheaders | Design, Evaluation, and Applications | en_US |
| dc.description.seriesinformation | EuroVis 2016 - Short Papers | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.2312/eurovisshort.20161168 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-3-03868-014-7 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | - | en_US |
| dc.identifier.pages | 97-101 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.2312/eurovisshort.20161168 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://diglib.eg.org:443/handle/10 | |
| dc.publisher | The Eurographics Association | en_US |
| dc.subject | I.3.8 [Computer Graphics] | en_US |
| dc.subject | Applications | en_US |
| dc.title | Using Icicle Trees to Encode the Hierarchical Structure of Source Code | en_US |