Gaining a deep understanding of large codebases is difficult and time-consuming. In this report, we present Explorant, a novel trace-based code exploration tool. Explorant allows developers to quickly create state diagrams of other people's code to visualize how major components of the program fit together. It does this without sacrificing the in-depth analysis capabilities of traditional tools by incorporating debuggers and source code viewers. Explorant creates tight experimentation-driven feedback loops that enable new ways of reading and quickly understanding code.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Porter, Zachary

Subject

• Innovation
• Computing

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 83741
• E-project-121622-013359

Keyword

• Record and Replay
• Graph
• Onboarding
• Understanding
• Software
• Code

Advisor

• Walls, Robert Joseph
• Pollice, Gary F.

Year

• 2022

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not Specified

Date created

• 2022-12-16

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Computer Science

Source

• E-project-121622-013359

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 International

Last modified

• 2023-01-12