This article is a survey of program visualization systems intended for teaching beginners
about the runtime behavior of computer programs. Our focus is on generic systems that are …

Understanding and optimizing memory usage of software applications is a difficult task,
usually involving the analysis of large amounts of memory-related complex data. Over the …

This article presents the architecture and evaluation of a novel environment for programming
education. The design of this programming environment, and the way it is used in class, is …

Data workers use various scripting languages for data transformation, such as SAS, R, and
Python. However, understanding intricate code pieces requires advanced programming …

Many researchers have proposed program visualization tools for memory management.
Examples include state-of-the-art tools for C languages such as SeeC and Python Tutor …

Understanding the data structures in a program is crucial to understanding how the program
works, or why it doesn't work. Inspecting the code that implements the data structures …

This paper presents Sniper, an automated memory leak detection tool for C/C++ production
software. To track the staleness of allocated memory (which is a clue to potential leaks) with …

Program visualization and natural language explanations of program behaviour have been
shown to assist novice programmers with improving their programming knowledge …

Visualizations embody design choices about data access, data transformation, visual
representation, and interaction. To interpret a static visualization, a person must identify the …

ABSTRACT JHAVEPOP is a program visualization tool specialized in elementary pointer
and linked-list operations. It is a web-started application pre-packaged with ready-made …