How Do Program Understanding Tools Affect How Programmers Understand Programs?

How Do Program Understanding Tools Affect How Programmers Understand Programs? (1998)

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by M.-A. D. Storey , K. Wong , H. A. Müller

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TITLE	How Do Program Understanding Tools Affect How Programmers Understand Programs?	user correction - Legacy Corrections
AUTHOR NAME	M.-A. D. Storey	user correction
AUTHOR AFFIL	School of Computing Science z Department of Computer Science; Simon Fraser University University of Victoria	user correction
AUTHOR ADDR	Burnaby, BC, Canada Victoria, BC, Canada	user correction
AUTHOR NAME	K. Wong	user correction
AUTHOR AFFIL	School of Computing Science z Department of Computer Science; Simon Fraser University University of Victoria	user correction
AUTHOR ADDR	Burnaby, BC, Canada Victoria, BC, Canada	user correction
AUTHOR NAME	H. A. Müller	user correction
AUTHOR AFFIL	School of Computing Science z Department of Computer Science; Simon Fraser University University of Victoria	user correction
AUTHOR ADDR	Burnaby, BC, Canada Victoria, BC, Canada	user correction
ABSTRACT	In this paper, we explore the question of whether program understanding tools enhance or change the way that programmers understand programs. The strategies that programmers use to comprehend programs vary widely. Program understanding tools should enhance or ease the programmer's preferred strategies, rather than impose a fixed strategy that may not always be suitable. We present observations from a user study that compares three tools for browsing program source code and exploring software structures. In this study, 30 participants used these tools to solve several high-level program understanding tasks. These tasks required a broad range of comprehension strategies. We describe how these tools supported or hindered the diverse comprehension strategies used.	user correction
YEAR	1998	user correction - Legacy Corrections
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