Supporting Code Comprehension via Annotations: Right Information at the Right Time and Place

• Published in: Proceedings (IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing) pp. 1 - 10
• Main Authors: Adeli, Marjan, Nelson, Nicholas, Chattopadhyay, Souti, Coffey, Hayden, Henley, Austin, Sarma, Anita
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.08.2020
• Subjects: Affordances; annotation; Annotations; Code comprehension; Codes; Cognitive science; Costs; Documentation; information foraging; Integrated development environment (IDE); user study; Visualization

Code comprehension, especially understanding relationships across project elements (code, documentation, etc.), is non-trivial when information is spread across different interfaces and tools. Bringing the right amount of information, to the place where it is relevant and when it is needed can help...