A domain-specific language to visualize software evolution

Fernandez, Alison; Bergel, Alexandre

doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2018.01.005

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“…Related to TREV is software visualization, which, according to Diehl, revolve around structure, behavior or evolution of software [10]. An example of a software visualization is the study by Fernandez and Bergel [14], where they aggregate and split data into a set of graphical elements which also involves filtering, comparing and interactivity. However, this work visualizes the source code and not the test results.…”

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Software test results exploration and visualization with continuous integration and nightly testing

Strandberg

Afzal

Sundmark

2022

Int J Softw Tools Technol Transfer

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Software testing is key for quality assurance of embedded systems. However, with increased development pace, the amount of test results data risks growing to a level where exploration and visualization of the results are unmanageable. This paper covers a tool, Tim, implemented at a company developing embedded systems, where software development occurs in parallel branches and nightly testing is partitioned over software branches, test systems and test cases. Tim aims to replace a previous solution with problems of scalability, requirements and technological flora. Tim was implemented with a reference group over several months. For validation, data were collected both from reference group meetings and logs from the usage of the tool. Data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The main contributions from the study include the implementation of eight views for test results exploration and visualization, the identification of four solutions patterns for these views (filtering, aggregation, previews and comparisons), as well as six challenges frequently discussed at reference group meetings (expectations, anomalies, navigation, integrations, hardware details and plots). Results are put in perspective with related work and future work is proposed, e.g., enhanced anomaly detection and integrations with more systems such as risk management, source code and requirements repositories.

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Section: Other Related Workmentioning

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Software test results exploration and visualization with continuous integration and nightly testing

Strandberg

Afzal

Sundmark

2022

Int J Softw Tools Technol Transfer

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“…Several approaches highlight the importance of visual analytics. For instance, [7] and [8] show the potential of visual analytics in software engineering. In [7] a visualization framework is presented that utilizes heat-maps to explore the evolution of a source code repository.…”

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“…For instance, [7] and [8] show the potential of visual analytics in software engineering. In [7] a visualization framework is presented that utilizes heat-maps to explore the evolution of a source code repository. Meanwhile, [8] presents visualization approach that captures significant aspects of the development process, and then tightly integrates and synchronizes them with product artifacts created by it.…”

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A methodology to automatically translate user requirements into visualizations: Experimental validation

Lavalle

Maté

Trujillo

et al. 2021

Information and Software Technology

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“…In HiPiler [31], the idea of piling is further generalized to support one-, two-, and multi-dimensional arrangements. Vogogias et al [47] and Fernandez et al [17] have applied similar matrix-based visual piling ideas to other applications in biology and software evolution. Finally, Lekschas et al [30] use piling to guide navigation in multiscale visualizations by aggregating overlapping patterns into piles and displaying them as insets.…”

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“…To limit the size of a pile while still providing item-specific previews, previews can be foreshortened along one axis. Such previews can be implemented with perspective distortion [1], compression, or aggregation along one dimension [3,17,30,31,47]. While the first option can provide cues for search and navigation (T4), the latter enables more effective comparison between alignable items.…”

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A Generic Framework and Library for Exploration of Small Multiples through Interactive Piling

Lekschas¹,

Zhou²,

Chen³

et al. 2020

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Fig. 1. Exploring Small Multiples through Visual Piling. (A) An example of thousands of necklace sketches from Google Quickdraw [25] displayed as small multiples. The interactive arrangement, grouping, and aggregation of small multiples into piles support the discovery and comparison of reoccurring patterns. (B) Other types of small multiple visualizations grouped and aggregated into piles, including (from left to right) natural and immunofluorescence microscopy images, matrices, area charts, and scatterplots.

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A domain-specific language to visualize software evolution

Cited by 8 publications

References 5 publications

Software test results exploration and visualization with continuous integration and nightly testing

Software test results exploration and visualization with continuous integration and nightly testing

A methodology to automatically translate user requirements into visualizations: Experimental validation

A Generic Framework and Library for Exploration of Small Multiples through Interactive Piling

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