Understanding the effects of code presentation
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Authors
Jacques, Jason T
Kristensson, Per Ola https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7139-871X
Abstract
The majority of software is still written using text-based programming languages. With today’s large, high-resolution color displays, developers have devised their own “folk design” methodologies to exploit these advances. As software becomes more and more critical to everyday life, supporting developers in rapidly producing and revising code accurately should be a priority. We consider how layout, typefaces, anti-aliasing, syntax highlighting, and semantic highlighting might impact developer efficiency, and accuracy.
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Keywords
software visualization, syntax highlighting, programming
Journal Title
Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools
Conference Name
SPLASH '15: Conference on Systems, Programming, Languages, and Applications: Software for Humanity
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Publisher
ACM