sle2014s/paper05

SLE 2014 SI paper:
Practical domain-specific debuggers using the Moldable Debugger framework

Andrei Chiș, Marcus Denker, Tudor Gîrba, Oscar Nierstrasz

• DOI: 10.1016/j.cl.2015.08.005
• Extended version of The Moldable Debugger: A Framework for Developing Domain-Specific Debuggers (SLE 2014)
• T4A: Workbenches
  • The central contribution is a framework (tooling/workbench support) for constructing domain-specific debuggers via reusable operations and views.
• T4D: Interpretation
  • The work is about inspecting and interacting with running program executions (debugging runtime behavior).
• T5H: Usability
  • A primary motivation is improving developer workflow and reducing the abstraction gap/cognitive load through tailored debugging views.
• T5F: Performance
  • The paper discusses implementation strategies and their performance impact (notably overhead being opt-in).

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