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SPLASH 2016
Sun 30 October - Fri 4 November 2016 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tue 1 Nov 2016 11:03 - 11:36 at Matterhorn 2 - Session 2 Chair(s): Joshua Sunshine

A tenet of Live Programming is that its tightening of the development feedback loop results in better program comprehension and hence higher developer productivity. There are however no extensive reports published on user studies that validate this claim when considering already existing code. In this paper we report on a controlled experiment that establishes whether our live programming language, LRP, helps in program understanding when compared to a non-live language and toolkit. We furthermore obtained qualitative feedback from the test subjects on their preferences between the two systems. Remarkably, while the users prefer the live system over a non-live system, the actual level and speed of program comprehension is the same for both systems.

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Tue 1 Nov

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10:30 - 12:10
Session 2PLATEAU at Matterhorn 2
Chair(s): Joshua Sunshine Carnegie Mellon University
10:30
33m
Talk
Discount Method for Programming Language Evaluation
PLATEAU
Svetomir Kurtev Aalborg University, Denmark, Tommy Aagaard Christensen Aalborg University, Denmark, Bent Thomsen Aalborg University, Denmark
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11:03
33m
Talk
Does Live Programming Help Program Comprehension? -- A user study with Live Robot Programming
PLATEAU
Miguel Campusano DCC, Universidad de Chile, Alexandre Bergel University of Chile, Johan Fabry University of Chile
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11:36
33m
Talk
AngularJS in the Wild: A Survey with 460 Developers
PLATEAU
Miguel Ramos Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Marco Tulio Valente Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Ricardo Terra Federal University of Lavras, Brazil, Gustavo Santos Inria, France
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