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Software Visualization Today
Results of literature review
Anna-Liisa Mattila, Petri Ihantola, Terhi Kilamo, Antti Luoto, Mikko Nurminen, Heli Väätäjä
Research Design
Anna-Liisa Mattila, Petri Ihantola, Terhi Kilamo, Antti Luoto, Mikko Nurminen, Heli Väätäjä
Research questions
• What is the focus of software visualization (SV) research?– Why software is visualized?– What are the visualization methods used in SV?– What are the data sources used in SV?
• What is the maturity of SV research field?
Anna-Liisa Mattila, Petri Ihantola, Terhi Kilamo, Antti Luoto, Mikko Nurminen, Heli Väätäjä
Research process
Definingresearch goals
Selectingsources ofliterature
Screening ofliterature
Conductingsearches
Definingclassification
scheme
Testing dataextraction form
Qalitativeanalysis
Quantitativeanalysis
Synthesis
Testing searchterms
Data extraction
Anna-Liisa Mattila, Petri Ihantola, Terhi Kilamo, Antti Luoto, Mikko Nurminen, Heli Väätäjä
Analysis
Anna-Liisa Mattila, Petri Ihantola, Terhi Kilamo, Antti Luoto, Mikko Nurminen, Heli Väätäjä
Example Visualizations
Anna-Liisa Mattila, Petri Ihantola, Terhi Kilamo, Antti Luoto, Mikko Nurminen, Heli Väätäjä
Code Cityhttps://wettel.github.io/
Anna-Liisa Mattila, Petri Ihantola, Terhi Kilamo, Antti Luoto, Mikko Nurminen, Heli Väätäjä
Polymetric Viewshttp://xray.inf.usi.ch/xray.php
Anna-Liisa Mattila, Petri Ihantola, Terhi Kilamo, Antti Luoto, Mikko Nurminen, Heli Väätäjä
Seesoft, line based code visualizationhttp://www.cs.umd.edu/class/spring2001/cmsc838b/Project/Parija_Spacco/old_viewtips.html
Anna-Liisa Mattila, Petri Ihantola, Terhi Kilamo, Antti Luoto, Mikko Nurminen, Heli Väätäjä
Disk Usage Utilitieshttps://softvis.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/disk-usage-utilities/
Anna-Liisa Mattila, Petri Ihantola, Terhi Kilamo, Antti Luoto, Mikko Nurminen, Heli Väätäjä
Dependency Structure Matrixhttp://www.softviscollection.org/vis/dependency-structure-matrix/
Anna-Liisa Mattila, Petri Ihantola, Terhi Kilamo, Antti Luoto,Mikko Nurminen, Heli Väätäjä
Code Ownership Distribution Maphttp://www.softviscollection.org/vis/code-ownership-distribution-map/
Anna-Liisa Mattila, Petri Ihantola, Terhi Kilamo, Antti Luoto, Mikko Nurminen, Heli Väätäjä
Why software is visualized?
• To understand software structure• To understand software behavior• To understand software evolution
• For optimizing different aspects of software• For project management purposes• To understand how developers work• For requirements management
Anna-Liisa Mattila, Petri Ihantola, Terhi Kilamo, Antti Luoto, Mikko Nurminen, Heli Väätäjä
Visualization methods used in SV
Visualization types• Trees and graphs• Geometric projection techniques• Text based visualizations• Timelines• Info graphics
Visualization attributes• Color• Spatial position• Size• Shape• Animation
Anna-Liisa Mattila, Petri Ihantola, Terhi Kilamo, Antti Luoto, Mikko Nurminen, Heli Väätäjä
Data in SV
Data sources• Source code• Software execution data• Change data (e.g. from version
control system)• Static code analysis data• Software usage data• Software related documents and
models• Data from testing of software
Data attributes• Hierarchies and dependencies• Time and duration• Object oriented metrics• Version and change related
attributes• Execution traces• Text• Similarity• Etc.
Anna-Liisa Mattila, Petri Ihantola, Terhi Kilamo, Antti Luoto, Mikko Nurminen, Heli Väätäjä
Studied aspects Structure Execution Evolution Management Development Requirements Optimization Rendering OtherAmount of studies 37 25 15 6 3 3 3 3 2Data sources x studied aspects Structure Execution Evolution Management Development RE Optimization Rendering Other TotalSource code 33 6 11 5 0 1 0 2 0 46Software execution data 7 22 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 28Change / version data 5 1 10 3 2 0 1 0 1 17Static code analysis data 8 5 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 15Usage data 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5Documents and models 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 5Test data 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4Other 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4Not relevant / Not stated clearly 4 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 9Visualization formats x studied aspects Structure Execution Evolution Management Development Requirements Optimization Rendering Other TotalHierarchical and Graph-Based Techniques 31 17 11 3 2 2 1 3 2 61Geometric projection techniques 12 12 5 2 0 0 2 1 0 26Timelines 1 9 5 3 3 0 1 0 0 18Info graphics 7 6 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 17Icon-based techniques 6 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 12Text based visualizations 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7Tag- and word-clouds 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 5Pixel-oriented techniques 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4Other 3 4 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 11Not stated clearly in the article 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Multiple views used x studied aspects Structure Execution Evolution Management Development RE Optimization Rendering Other TotalUsed 16 14 12 5 2 0 2 0 0 43Not used 21 11 3 1 1 3 1 3 3 40
Anna-Liisa Mattila, Petri Ihantola, Terhi Kilamo, Antti Luoto, Mikko Nurminen, Heli Väätäjä
Maturity of SV research
Anna-Liisa Mattila, Petri Ihantola, Terhi Kilamo, Antti Luoto, Mikko Nurminen, Heli Väätäjä
Conclusion
Anna-Liisa Mattila, Petri Ihantola, Terhi Kilamo, Antti Luoto, Mikko Nurminen, Heli Väätäjä
Questions?
Anna-Liisa Mattila, Petri Ihantola, Terhi Kilamo, Antti Luoto, Mikko Nurminen, Heli Väätäjä
Credits for the Kitten Pictures• https://www.flickr.com/photos/vancouverfilmschool/4839166526
EBM Student Photo Shoot for Kitten Album Cover By Vancouver Film School [CC BY 2.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/], via Flickr
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Computer-kitten-sm.pngComputer-kitten.jpg By Tim Bartel [CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0], via WikimediaCommons
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cute-kittens-12929201-1600-1200.jpgCute-kittens-12929201-1600-1200.jpg By Saving Public Ryan (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/lunattack/304573665Felipe by José Luna [CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/], via Flickr
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kitten_and_partial_reflection_in_mirror.jpgKitten_and_partial_reflection_in_mirror.jpg By Paul Reynolds (Flickr: Reflection) [CC BY 2.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/nicsuzor/2554668884Kittens! By Nicolas Suzor [CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/], via Flickr
Anna-Liisa Mattila, Petri Ihantola, Terhi Kilamo, Antti Luoto, Mikko Nurminen, Heli Väätäjä