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LibViews - An information visualization application for third-party libraries on software projects
Fecha
2016-08-31Registro en:
Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualisation, v. 2016-August, p. 136-140.
1093-9547
10.1109/IV.2016.43
2-s2.0-84989895911
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Federal Institute of São Paulo-IFSP
Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar)
University of Porto
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Institución
Resumen
Software libraries allow developers to create software projects upon basic functions already implemented. In this way, it is possible to focus on more complex activities to achieve the software solution aims. Software libraries features and availability on the Internet are the reason for these valuable project resources are widely used. However, there may be some issues in software projects that integrate several libraries, since they are independent projects that must work together. This paper presents LibViews, an information visualization application to create visual representations over libraries metrics and usage on software projects. LibViews was developed to provide a better understanding of libraries versions and their role in software projects, helping in the maintenance of these projects identifying previously unknown information. As use case, LibViews was applied in an university corporate software project, pointing out as a useful tool to understand the relationship between software project and its third-party libraries.