Douce, Christopher
(2008).
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Abstract
Program comprehension is perhaps one of the oldest topics within the psychology of programming. It addresses a central issue: how programmers work with and manipulate source code to construct effective software systems. Models can play an important role in understanding the challenges developers and engineers contend with. This paper presents a model of program comprehension, or code cognition, which has been derived from literature found within the disciplines of computing and psychology. Drawing on direct experimentation, this paper argues that a model of code cognition should take account of the visual, spatial and linguistic abilities of developers. The strengths and weaknesses of this model are discussed and further research directions presented.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2008 Open University |
| Keywords: | program comprehension; short-term memory |
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Computing and Communications Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) |
| Item ID: | 24944 |
| Depositing User: | Christopher Douce |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2010 20:34 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Oct 2016 04:36 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/24944 |
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