Understanding asynchronous code
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2013.
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| author | Lieber, Thomas (Thomas Alan) |
| author2 | Robert C. Miller. |
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| description | Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2013. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/824112019-04-11T03:16:33Z Understanding asynchronous code Lieber, Thomas (Thomas Alan) Robert C. Miller. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2013. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-64). JavaScript on the web is difficult to debug due to its asynchronous and dynamic nature. Traditional debuggers are often little help because the language's idioms rely heavily on non-linear control flow via function pointers. The aim of this work is to create a debugging interface that helps users understand complicated control flow in languages like JavaScript. This thesis presents a programming editor extension called Theseus that uses program tracing to provide real-time in-editor feedback so that programmers can answer questions quickly as they write new code and interact with their application. Theseus augments the call graph with semantic edges that allow users to make intuitive leaps through program traces, such as from the start of an asynchronous network request to its response. Participants in lab and classroom studies found Theseus to be a usable replacement for traditional breakpoint and logging tools, though no significant difference was found in their ability to complete programming tasks. by Thomas Lieber. S.M. 2013-11-18T19:19:44Z 2013-11-18T19:19:44Z 2013 2013 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82411 862113418 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 76 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Lieber, Thomas (Thomas Alan) Understanding asynchronous code |
| title | Understanding asynchronous code |
| title_full | Understanding asynchronous code |
| title_fullStr | Understanding asynchronous code |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding asynchronous code |
| title_short | Understanding asynchronous code |
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| topic | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82411 |
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