Visual Storytelling of Development Sessions

Roberto Minelli, Lorenzo Baracchi, Andrea Mocci, and Michele Lanza REVEAL @ Faculty of Informatics, University of Lugano, Switzerland

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IDE

IDEInteraction Data

Opening a code browser

Inspecting an object at run-time

Editing a method

Opening & closing a window

Popping up a refactoring menu

Adding a class

Removing a method

Removing a class

IDEInteraction Data

IDEInteraction Data

DFLOW

IDEInteraction Data Interaction

Data

How do developers interact with the IDE?

Catalog of Views

Development Activities

Catalog of Views

User Interface

Development Activities

Catalog of Views

User Interface

Development Activitiescategory Pill

Class Blue Class Red

foo bar baz

category X

Class Y

m1 m2 m3

Catalog of Views

Structure

User Interface

Development Activitiescategory Pill

Class Blue Class Red

foo bar baz

category X

Class Y

m1 m2 m3

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Catalog of Views

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Structure Sequence and Impact of Activities

User Interface

Development Activitiescategory Pill

Class Blue Class Red

foo bar baz

category X

Class Y

m1 m2 m3

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3:00 6:00 18:35 21:00 23:00 45:43 48:00 51:00 54:00 56:33

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Catalog of Views

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Structure Sequence and Impact of Activities

Development Flow across UIs

User Interface

Development Activitiescategory Pill

Class Blue Class Red

foo bar baz

category X

Class Y

m1 m2 m3

10:20 20:12

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Catalog of Views

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Structure Sequence and Impact of Activities

Development Flow across UIs IDE Evolution

Activity Forest

Navigation Inspection Understanding Edit

category Pill

Class Blue Class Red

foo bar baz

category X

Class Y

m1 m2 m3

RootsPackages

Level 1Classes

Level 2Methods

Activity Forest

Navigation Inspection Understanding Edit

category Pill

Class Blue Class Red

foo bar baz

category X

Class Y

m1 m2 m3

RootsPackages

Level 1Classes

Level 2Methods

time

Size of the change(edit-only)

Duration

Activity Timeline

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duration

Navigation Inspection Understanding Edit

Cumulative Activity View

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duration of understanding

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duration of editingduration of inspectionduration of navigation

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Navigation Inspection Understanding Edit

5 10 15 20 25 30

User Interface (UI) View

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Open Activate Resize/move Close Minimize / Expand

User Interface (UI) View

Open Activate Resize/move Close Minimize / Expand

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3:00 6:00 18:35 21:00 23:00 45:43 48:00 51:00 54:00 56:33

User Interface (UI) View

Open Activate Resize/move Close Minimize / Expand

Main

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User Interface (UI) View

Open Activate Resize/move Close Minimize / Expand

MainShort

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User Interface (UI) View

Open Activate Resize/move Close Minimize / Expand

MainShort

WindowsInteractions

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User Interface (UI) View

Open Activate Resize/move Close Minimize / Expand

MainShort

WindowsInteractions

Edit event

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Workspace View

Free area Few windows Chaos

User Interface

Development Activitiescategory Pill

Class Blue Class Red

foo bar baz

category X

Class Y

m1 m2 m3

10:20 20:12

3:00 6:00 18:35 21:00 23:00 45:43 48:00 51:00 54:00 56:33

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Catalog of Views

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Structure Sequence and Impact of Activities

Development Flow across UIs IDE Evolution

Killing Bugs and Windowstime

Level of Chaos

Killing Bugs and Windows

Killing Bugs and Windows

Level of Chaos Increases

One Window Takes It All

One Window Takes It All

Navigation Inspection Understanding Edit

One Window Takes It All

One Window Takes It All

One Window Takes It All

IDEInteraction Data

DFLOW

IDEInteraction Data Interaction

Data

DFLOW

IDEInteraction Data Interaction

Data

DFLOW

IDEInteraction Data Interaction

Data

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