Paper Info
Title
High velocity refactorings in Eclipse
Abstract
In Eclipse, and in most other development environments, refactorings are activated by selecting code, then using a menu or hotkey, and finally engaging in a dialog with a "wizard". However, selection is error-prone, menus are slow, hotkeys are hard to remember, and wizards are time-consuming. The problem is that as a consequence, refactoring tools disrupt the programmer's workflow and are perceived to be slower than refactoring by hand. In this paper we present two new user interfaces to Eclipse's existing refactoring engine: marking menus and refactoring cues. Both are designed to increase programming velocity by keeping the tool out of the programmer's way.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1145/1328279.1328280
ETX
Keywords
Field
DocType
user interface,development environment,usability,refactoring
Dialog box,Programming language,Programmer,Computer science,Usability,Eclipse,User interface,Code refactoring,Workflow,Wizard
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
1.00
18
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Emerson R. Murphy-hill1128474.35
Andrew P. Black21566366.84