Andrew Macvean

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Meta-Manager: A Tool for Collecting and Exploring Meta Information about Code

Modern software engineering is in a state of flux. With more development utilizing AI code generation tools and the continued reliance on online programming resources, understanding code and the original intent behind it is becoming more important than it ever has been. To this end, we have developed the "Meta-Manager…

CHI '242nd AuthorKnowledge Worker Tools & Workflows +1

Understanding Documentation Use Through Log Analysis: A Case Study of Four Cloud Services

Almost no modern software system is written from scratch, and developers are required to effectively learn to use third-party libraries and software services. Thus, many practitioners and researchers have looked for ways to create effective documentation that supports developers' learning. However, few efforts have fo…

UIST '223rd AuthorKnowledge Worker Tools & Workflows +1

Using Annotations for Sensemaking About Code

Developers spend significant amounts of time finding, relating, navigating, and, more broadly, making sense of code. While sensemaking, developers must keep track of many pieces of information including the objectives of their task, the code locations of interest, their questions and hypotheses about the behavior of…

CHI '225th+ AuthorProgramming Education & Computational Thinking +1

Understanding How Programmers Can Use Annotations on Documentation

Modern software development requires developers to find and effectively utilize new APIs and their documentation, but documentation has many well-known issues. Despite this, developers eventually overcome these issues but have no way of sharing what they learned. We investigate sharing this documentation-specific info…

CHI '21CorrespondingVisual Impairment Technologies (Screen Readers, Tactile Graphics, Braille)

Accessibility of Command Line Interfaces

Command-line interfaces (CLIs) remain a popular tool among developers and system administrators. Since CLIs are text-based interfaces, they are sometimes considered accessible alternatives to predominantly visual developer tools like IDEs. However, there is no systematic evaluation of the accessibility of CLIs in the…

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