Does syntax highlighting help programming novices?

Program comprehension is an important skill for programmers - extending and debugging existing source code is part of the daily routine. Syntax highlighting is one of the most common tools used to support developers in understanding algorithms. However, most research on code highlighting is more tha...

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Published in:	2018 IEEE/ACM 40th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) p. 704
Main Authors:	Hannebauer, Christoph, Hesenius, Marc, Gruhn, Volker
Format:	Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY, USA ACM 27.05.2018
Series:	ACM Conferences
Subjects:	Code Colouring Human computer interaction Human-centered computing > Human computer interaction (HCI) > Empirical studies in HCI Human-centered computing > Visualization > Empirical studies in visualization IDE Interface Program Comprehension Programming Software and its engineering > Software notations and tools > Development frameworks and environments > Integrated and visual development environments Software engineering Source Code Typography Syntactics Syntax Highlighting Task analysis Visualization program comprehension source code typography code colouring syntax highlighting IDE interface
ISBN:	9781450356381, 1450356389
ISSN:	1558-1225
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