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Eye movement patterns in source code review

  • This study is based on the work of Uwano, Nakamura, Monden and Matsumoto (2006) who tried to identify programmers’ eye movements in source code reviews by using eye tracking technology. The researchers were able to identify certain eye movement patterns but due to the technical limitations of earlier eye tracking systems and a small sample they could not find a valid proof for their existence. Now, twelve years later, the eye tracking technology has made significant improvements and is able to capture programmers’ reading behavior in an unobtrusive and precise way. Now the goal is to verify the described patterns by using eye tracking data from expert and novice programmers. In the experiment they have to detect errors in six different codes and take part in a retrospective interview. At the moment, data collections are ongoing. At the time of the conference, we will present the results of our analyses.

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Author:Florian HauserORCiD, Andreas Gegenfurtner, Ivonne Hutzler, Rebecca Reuter, Jürgen MottokORCiDGND
Parent Title (English):EARLI SIG 17 and 25 Biennial Conference 2018, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Document Type:conference proceeding (article)
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2018
Release Date:2021/03/11
Institutes:Fakultät Elektro- und Informationstechnik
Fakultät Elektro- und Informationstechnik / Laboratory for Safe and Secure Systems (LAS3)
research focus:Digitalisierung