Cesar: Visual representation of source code vulnerabilities

Assal, Hala; Chiasson, Sonia; Biddle, Robert

doi:10.1109/vizsec.2016.7739576

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“…There are papers in the literature reporting the usability evaluation of some OSS applications [14][28] [29]. Assa et al [14] studied the usability issues facing software developers using code analyzers by evaluating one of the popular open-source static-code analysis tools.…”

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Applying a Usability Technique in the LibreOffice Writer Project

Llerena

Rodríguez

Castro

et al. 2020

CLEIej

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As a result of the growth of non-developer users of OSS applications, usability has over the last ten years begun to attract the interest of the OSS community. The OSS community has some special characteristics which are an obstacle to the direct adoption of many usability techniques as specified in the HCI field. The aim of this research is to adapt and evaluate the feasibility of applying the Personas usability technique to one OSS project from the viewpoint of the development team. The applied research method was a case study of the following OSS project LibreOffice-Writer. We formalized the application procedure of the adapted usability technique. We found that either there were no procedures for adopting usability technique in OSS or they were not fully systematized. Additionally, we identified the adverse conditions that are an obstacle to their adoption in OSS and propose the special adaptations required to overcome the obstacles. To avoid some of the adverse conditions, we created web artefacts (e.g. wiki) that are very popular in the OSS field. Additionally, we found that there are obstacles to the application of the technique. Despite these obstacles, it is feasible to apply the adapted Personas technique in OSS project.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

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Applying a Usability Technique in the LibreOffice Writer Project

Llerena

Rodríguez

Castro

et al. 2020

CLEIej

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“…There are papers in the literature reporting the usability evaluation of some OSS applications [19][20][21]. Assa et al [19] studied the usability issues facing software developers using code analysers by evaluating one of the popular open-source static-code analysis tools. Al-Odan and Al-Daraiseh [20] conducted a thorough study, placing five of the most popular free and open source software tools side by side for comparison with respect to both user acceptance and technical specifications.…”

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Applying a Usability Technique in the Open Source Software Development Process: Experiences from the Trenches

Llerena¹,

Rodríguez²,

Llerena³

et al. 2018

Trends in E-Learning

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The growth in the number of non-developer open source software (OSS) application users has drawn attention to usability in the OSS community. OSS communities do not generally know how to apply usability techniques and are unclear about which techniques to use in each activity of the development process. The aim of our research is to determine the feasibility of applying the focus groups technique in the OSS ERMaster project. To do this, we participated as project volunteers. We used the case study research method to investigate technique application and OSS community participation. As a result, we identified adverse conditions that were an obstacle to the application of the original technique. We then adapted the technique to make it applicable in an OSS project. We can conclude that was not easy to recruit OSS users and developers to participate in technique application.

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“…There are papers in the literature reporting the usability evaluation of some OSS applications [12], [13]. Assa et al [13] study the usability issues facing software developers using code analysers by evaluating one of the popular open-source staticcode analysis tools. Ternauciuc and Vasiu [12] tried to inventory the existing methods for testing and improving usability, with a particular focus on e-learning platforms.…”

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BugHint: A Visual Debugger Based on Graph Mining

Leopold¹,

Eloe²,

Taylor³

2018

International Conferences on Distributed Multimedia Systems

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The growth in the number of non-developer open source software (OSS) application users and the escalating use of these applications have both created a need for, and interest in, developing usable OSS. OSS communities are unclear about which techniques to use in each activity of the development process. The aim of our research is to adopt the visual brainstorming usability technique in the HistoryCal OSS project and determine the feasibility of adapting the technique for application. To do this, we participated as volunteers in the HistoryCal project. We used the case study research method to investigate technique application and community participation. As a result, we identified adverse conditions that were an obstacle to technique application and modified the technique to make it applicable. We can conclude from our experience that these changes were helpful for applying the technique, although it was not easy to recruit OSS users to participate in usability technique application.

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Cesar: Visual representation of source code vulnerabilities

Cited by 22 publications

References 13 publications

Applying a Usability Technique in the LibreOffice Writer Project

Applying a Usability Technique in the LibreOffice Writer Project

Applying a Usability Technique in the Open Source Software Development Process: Experiences from the Trenches

BugHint: A Visual Debugger Based on Graph Mining

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