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TCTracVis: test-to-code traceability links visualization tool

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Nadera Aljawabrah,

Abdallah QusefAuthors Info & Claims

DATA '19: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Data Science, E-Learning and Information Systems

Article No.: 44, Pages 1 - 4

https://doi.org/10.1145/3368691.3368735

Published: 02 December 2019 Publication History

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Visualizing traceability links between unit tests and tested classes is an important factor for effectively understanding the development and evolution of software systems. This paper presents a prototype tool that is used to visualize traceability links between unit tests and tested classes. Two types of visualization techniques are adopted in our tool: small colored squares to visualize test cases in a specific class, and tree graph to visualize traces between a specific method and its related test cases for a selected class.

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Aljawabrah NGergely TMisra SFernandez-Sanz L(2021)Automated Recovery and Visualization of Test-to-Code Traceability (TCT) Links: An EvaluationIEEE Access10.1109/ACCESS.2021.30631589(40111-40123)Online publication date: 2021
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TCTracVis: test-to-code traceability links visualization tool
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Visualization
    1. Visualization application domains
      1. Information visualization
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software verification and validation
      1. Process validation
        Traceability
      2. Software defect analysis
        Software testing and debugging
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Software maintenance tools

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December 2019

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DOI:10.1145/3368691

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Dreef KPalepu VJones J(2023)Exploring granular test coverage and its evolution with matrix visualizationsInformation and Software Technology10.1016/j.infsof.2022.107085155:COnline publication date: 13-Feb-2023
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Dreef KPalepu VJones J(2021)Global Overviews of Granular Test Coverage with Matrix Visualizations2021 Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT)10.1109/VISSOFT52517.2021.00014(44-54)Online publication date: Sep-2021
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Aljawabrah NGergely TMisra SFernandez-Sanz L(2021)Automated Recovery and Visualization of Test-to-Code Traceability (TCT) Links: An EvaluationIEEE Access10.1109/ACCESS.2021.30631589(40111-40123)Online publication date: 2021
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Aljawabrah NQusef AGergely TPati A(2021)Visualizing Multilevel Test-to-Code RelationsInformation and Communication Technology and Applications10.1007/978-3-030-69143-1_39(510-519)Online publication date: 14-Feb-2021
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