Title
Plugging in and into code bubbles: the code bubbles architecture
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
DOI Link
Language
English
First Page
261
Last Page
276
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0038-0644
Recommended Citation
"Plugging in and into code bubbles: the code bubbles architecture" (2014). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 5992.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/5992
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