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An investigation of the on-line debugging process of expert and novice student programmers

Creator:: Nanja, Murthi
Abstract:: Debugging, the process of locating and correcting errors in a computer program, is a common programming task that is not well understood. Of the several debugging studies reported in the literature, most compared the performance differences between expert and novice programmers by measuring their debug time and the number of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science presented on January 18. 1988. Title: An Investigation of the

Interactive fault localization techniques to empower the debugging efforts of end-user programmers

Creator:: Ruthruff, Joseph Ronald
Abstract:: End users develop more software than any other group of programmers, using software authoring devices such as e-mail filtering editors, by-demonstration macro builders, and spreadsheet environments. Despite this, there has been only a little research on finding ways to help these programmers with the dependability of the software they create....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: degree of Master of Sciencein Computer Science presented on July 23, 2004. Title: Interactive Fault

Garbage in, garbage out? An empirical look at oracle mistakes by end-user programmers

Creator:: Phalgune, Amit
Abstract:: End-user programmers, because they are human, make mistakes. However, past research has not considered how visual end-user debugging devices could be designed to ameliorate the effects of mistakes. This paper empirically examines oracle mistakes mistakes users make about which values are right and which are wrong to reveal differences in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Amit D Phalgune for the degree of Master of Science in Computer

Effects of interruption-style on end-user programmers

Creator:: Robertson, T. J. (Thomas James)
Abstract:: This thesis presents the results of two studies that investigate the question of what interruption-styles are most appropriate for end-user programmers who are debugging programs. In the studies, end-user programmers are presented with surprises that encourage them to investigate, use, and learn about debugging devices in their programming environment. We...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Master of Science in Computer Science presented on 2/26/2004 Title: Effects of Interruption-Style on End

Novel approaches to promoting end-user programming

Creator:: Bahmani, Faezeh
Abstract:: End-user programming has become widespread. The increasing size of this population and the prevalence of barriers that they face has sparked the development of approaches that promote end-user programing by helping them overcome barriers and teaching them programming. Despite the fact that these approaches have done well in achieving those...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Faezeh Bahmani for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science

Eliciting informal specifications from scientific modelers for evaluation and debugging

Creator:: Bogart, Christopher
Abstract:: Professional software engineers have an arsenal of techniques such as unit testing and assertions to check their specifications, but these techniques require tools, motivation, experience and training that programmers without professional software engineering training may not have. As a result, professionals in other fields, such as scientific modelers, face greater...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science presented on June 7, 2013. Title: Eliciting

Explaining debugging strategies to end-user programmers

Creator:: Oregon State University. Dept. of Computer Science, Subrahmaniyan, Neeraja, Kissinger, Cory, Rector, Kyle, Inman, Derek, Kaplan, Jared, Beckwith, Laura A., and Burnett, Margaret, 1949-
Abstract:: There has been little research into how end-user programming environments can provide explanations that could fill a critical information gap for end-user debuggers - help with debugging strategy. To address this need, we designed and prototyped a video-based approach for explaining debugging strategy, and accompanied it with a text-only approach....
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: complexity in debug- ging becomes even more challenging when the pro- grammers doing the debugging have

An integrated testing and fault localization methodology for spreadsheet languages

Creator:: Oregon State University. Dept. of Computer Science, Reichwein, James, and Burnett, Margaret, 1949-
Abstract:: Spreadsheet languages, which include commercial spreadsheets and various research systems, have proven to be flexible tools in many settings. Research shows, however, that spreadsheets often contain faults. This thesis presents an integrated testing and fault localization methodology for spreadsheets. This methodology allows spreadsheet developers to engage in modeless development, testing...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: Engineering and Computer Science Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 97331, USA Spreadsheet languages

Interactive fault localization for end-user programmers : a think aloud study

Creator:: Oregon State University. Dept. of Computer Science, Prabhakararao, Shreenivasarao, and Cook, Curtis R.
Abstract:: End-user programmers are writing an unprecedented number of programs, due in large part to the significant effort put forth to bring programming power to end users. Unfortunately, this effort has not been supplemented by a comparable effort to increase the correctness of these often faulty programs. To address this need,...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: techniques in an effort to explicitly support debugging by end users. As a part of this work we have

Supporting end-user debugging : what do users want to know?

Creator:: Oregon State University. Dept. of Computer Science, Kissinger, Cory, Burnett, Margaret, 1949-, Stumpf, Simone, Subrahmaniyan, Neeraja, Beckwith, Laura A., Yang, Sherry, and Rosson, Mary Beth
Abstract:: Although researchers have begun to explicitly support end-user programmers' debugging by providing information to help them find bugs, there is little research addressing the right content to communicate to these users. The specific semantic content of these debugging communications matters because, if the users are not actually seeking the information...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: on what end users actually want to know in the course of debugging a spreadsheet, given the avail

ScholarsArchive@OSU

An investigation of the on-line debugging process of expert and novice student programmers

Interactive fault localization techniques to empower the debugging efforts of end-user programmers

Garbage in, garbage out? An empirical look at oracle mistakes by end-user programmers

Effects of interruption-style on end-user programmers

Novel approaches to promoting end-user programming

Eliciting informal specifications from scientific modelers for evaluation and debugging

Explaining debugging strategies to end-user programmers

An integrated testing and fault localization methodology for spreadsheet languages

Interactive fault localization for end-user programmers : a think aloud study

Supporting end-user debugging : what do users want to know?

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