Understanding Execution Traces Using Massive Sequence and Circular Bundle Views

Authors:
Bas Cornelissen;Danny Holten;Andy Zaidman;Leon Moonen;Jarke J. van Wijk;Arie van Deursen
Affiliations:
Delft University of Technology;Eindhoven University of Technology;Delft University of Technology;Delft University of Technology;Eindhoven University of Technology;Delft University of Technology & CWI
Venue:
ICPC '07 Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension
Year:
2007

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Abstract

The use of dynamic information to aid in software understanding is a common practice nowadays. One of the many approaches concerns the comprehension of execution traces. A major issue in this context is scalability: due to the vast amounts of information, it is a very difficult task to successfully find your way through such traces without getting lost. In this paper, we propose the use of a novel trace visualization method based on a massive sequence and circular bundle view, constructed with scalability in mind. By means of three usage scenarios that were conducted on three different software systems, we show how our approach, implemented in a tool called EXTRAVIS, is applicable to the areas of trace exploration, feature location, and feature comprehension.