A strategy-centric approach to the design of end-user debugging tools

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Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/jq085r154

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Creator	Grigoreanu, Valentina I. Burnett, Margaret Robertson, George
Abstract	End-user programmers’ code is notoriously buggy. This problem is amplified by the increasing complexity of end users’ programs. To help end users catch errors early and reliably, we employ a novel approach for the design of end-user debugging tools: a focus on supporting end users’ effective debugging strategies. This paper has two core contributions. We first demonstrate the potential of a strategy-centric approach to tool design by presenting StratCel, a strategy-based tool for Excel. Second, we show the benefits of this design approach: participants using StratCel found twice as many bugs as participants using standard Excel, they fixed four times as many bugs, and all this in only a small fraction of the time. Furthermore, this strategy-based approach helped the participants who needed it the most: boosting novices’ debugging performance near experienced participants’ improved levels. Finally, we reveal several opportunities for future research about strategy-based debugging tools.
Resource Type	Technical Report
Date Available	2009-09-24T19:30:10+00:00
Date Issued	2009?
Series	Technical report (Oregon State University. School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
Stichwort	debugging tools end-user software engineering debugging strategies tool design
Urheberrechts-Erklärung	Copyright Not Evaluated
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/12770

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