BEACONS IN PROGRAM COMPREHENSION

Authors:
Susan Wiedenbeck;Nancy J. Evans
Affiliations:
University of Nebraska;University of Pittsburgh
Venue:
ACM SIGCHI Bulletin
Year:
1986

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Abstract

Beacons, as described by Brooks [1], are key features in a program that serve as typical indicators of a particular structure or operation. Beacons are highly recognizable and "carry a lot of the meaning" in the code.