VILLE: a language-independent program visualization tool

Authors:
Teemu Rajala;Mikko-Jussi Laakso;Erkki Kaila;Tapio Salakoski
Affiliations:
University of Turku, Turku, Finland;University of Turku, Turku, Finland;University of Turku, Turku, Finland;University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Venue:
Koli Calling '07 Proceedings of the Seventh Baltic Sea Conference on Computing Education Research - Volume 88
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Visualization tools have proven to be useful for enhancing novice programmers' learning. However, existing tools are typically tied to particular programming languages, and tend to focus on low-level aspects of programming such as the changing values of variables during program code execution. In this paper we present a new program visualization tool, which provides a language-independent view of learning programming. Moreover, program execution can be viewed in two languages simultaneously. Complete with role information of variables, the tool supports the learning process at a more abstract level, thus emphasizing the similarities of basic programming concepts and syntax in all imperative programming languages.