Debugging Aids using Temporal Visualiza- tion

In this report, we present a novel visualization-based method for debugging software programs and analysing their runtime behavior. One method aims at enabling developers to get an overview of variable stories by visualizing the values which these variables have taken over the course of the program. This helps in spotting errorous or unexpected variable assignments. The other method enables visualization of large arrays as a series or bar charts, which helps in gaining insight about the values in this array, such as value distribution, minimum values or maximum values. We implemented the methods as a plugin for the Eclipse Java IDE. Chapter