Plugging in and into code bubbles: the code bubbles architecture

    Authors

    S. P. Reiss; J. N. Bott;J. J. La Viola

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Softw.-Pract. Exp.

    Keywords

    programming environments; plug-in architectures; software development; SOFTWARE; ENVIRONMENTS; Computer Science, Software Engineering

    Abstract

    Code Bubbles is an attempt to redefine the user interface for an integrated programming environment. As it represents a whole new user interface, implementing it as a plug-in is inherently difficult. We get around this difficulty by combining two different plug-in architectures, a standard one based on registrations and callbacks and a message-based one that puts the plug-in at arm's length and defines a narrower two-way interface. This paper describes both how we have implemented Code Bubbles as a plug-in to Eclipse and how Code Bubbles itself is implemented as a set of plug-ins representing the different aspects of the environment, using both traditional and message-based plug-in architectures as appropriate. It also shows how the resultant architecture is flexible enough to support collaboration, different back ends, and a cloud-based environment. Copyright (c) 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

    Journal Title

    Software-Practice & Experience

    Volume

    44

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2014

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    261

    Last Page

    276

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000331275900002

    ISSN

    0038-0644

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