Logging events crossing architectural boundaries

Authors:
Gregory S. Hartman;Len Bass
Affiliations:
Institute for Software Research International, Carnegie Mellon University;Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Venue:
INTERACT'05 Proceedings of the 2005 IFIP TC13 international conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Year:
2005

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Abstract

We describe an approach to study the long-term use of GUI applications that supplements a log of low-level events with additional data gathered at the applications’ architectural boundaries. We implement a preliminary system based on this approach and apply it to two applications. For the second application, we compare the data collected with our technique to data collected with manual instrumentation. We demonstrate that our technique is easy to apply to new applications and captures information missed by manual instrumentation. This additional information is helpful in answering questions about the use of the application. However, our technique generates large logs and does not yet capture all of the information needed to study the use of applications. We conclude with proposals for rectifying these deficiencies in future systems.