The Moldable Inspector, Onward! 2015

The Moldable Inspector

Oscar NierstraszUniversity of Bern

@onierstrasz

Aliaksey SyrelUniversity of Bern@Aliaksei Syrel

Tudor Girbatudorgirba.com

@girba

Andrei Chiș University of Bern

@Chis_Andrei

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Folder

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ParserWindow

Chart

Developer definition: “A tool showing the state of an object”

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Developer expectation: “A tool that helps me to understand an object”

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Multiple contextual views

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Track objects

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Flexible navigation

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View type Number of views

Tree

List

Table

Text

Source code

Roassal view

Glamour view

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Morph 10

(131 views)

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186 extensions 9.2 ± 6.3(M ± SD) LOC

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186 extensions 9.2 ± 6.3(M ± SD)

Easily extensible

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Track objectsMultiple contextual views

Easily extensibleFlexible navigation

Easily extensible

Flexible navigation

Track objects

Online survey - 62 participants

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Multiple contextual views

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Workflows

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and many more …

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“A tool that helps me to understand an object”

“A tool showing the state of an object”

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