The book is divided into four parts, covering important aspects of software visualisation. Part 1 covers a survey on existing software visualisation tools and environments, the strategies for making a software visualisation system language independent, and program animation for C language. Part 2 presents topics and techniques on graph drawing, which supports efficient and aesthetically pleasing visualisation. Some recently developed graph drawing systems and techniques used are described. Part 3 discusses visual programming concepts and techniques for supporting parallel and heterogeneous distributed programming. Part 4 includes several case studies of software visualisation, concentrating on the broader field of software engineering ranging from software metrics to reverse engineering.

Contents:

• Program Visualisation:
• Aspects and Taxonomy of Program Visualisation (M J Oudshoorn et al.)
• Language Independent Program Visualisation (J H Cross & T D Hendrix)
• Visual Debugging and Automatic Animation of C Programs (R A Baeza-Yates et al.)
• Graph Drawing:
• Layout Creation Methods for Software Visualisation (T Lin & P Eades)
• GraphPack: Design and Features (M S Krishnamoorthy et al.)
• H–V Drawings of Binary Trees (S K Kim)
• Applications to Parallel and Distributed Programming:
• Visual Programming for Parallel Processing (W Cai et al.)
• Visual Transformation Specifications (C-R Dow et al.)
• Visual Programming for Heterogeneous Distributed Systems (D-Q Zhang et al.)
• Program Analysis Through Visualisation (D Kranzlmüller et al.)
• Applications to Software Engineering:
• Visualisations of Large Object-Oriented Systems (P Haynes et al.)
• Graph Visualisation in a Compiler Project (M Alt et al.)
• Structural Modeling of Flowcharts (W Lai & P Eades)
• Manipulating and Documenting Software Structures (M-A D Storey et al.)