Description:

Trying to understand a large, unknown computer codebase is a challenging task. Currently developers use Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) to navigate through a codebase whilst trying to connect different parts of the system together. Another approach would be to use people's spatial abilities to help with this process, but currently most computer screens are not large enough to display several code files simultaneously. This project will develop a huge screen viewer/editor that allows programmers to visualise multiple program files at the same time. It will use the large wall display in the centre for e-research to visualise the code.

Type:

Undergraduate

Outcome:

• Development of a web-based system to display multiple code files on a huge-screen system
• Evaluation and analysis of the impact of using the system on code comprehension

Prerequisites

None

Specialisations

• Software Engineering

Categories

• Human Computer Interactions
• Software Development Tools and Processes 1
• Web tools and Application

Supervisor

• Craig Sutherland

Co-supervisor

• Kelly Blincoe

Team

• Angela Huang
• Maggie Liu

Lab

Lab allocations have not been finalised