Software Evolution Storylines
David Leonard
February 17th, 2015
Michael Ogawa , Kwan-Liu Ma
Code Swarm
Gource
credit: https://xkcd.com/657/
Movie Narrative Charts
Layout Heuristics
- Clustered Developers placed in contiguous, adjacent lines
- Clusters should be spaced apart
- Tubes should not fluctuate y-position
- Avoid Tube crossings if possible
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Visual Elements
Tubes / Coloring
DrkSephy
Labels
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Furlough Lines
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Commit History
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Docs
Core
Module
Other
Interaction
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Storylines
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Storylines
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Storylines
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Future Work
- Explore different clustering algorithms
- Engages casual viewers?
- Provides more insights to a developer?
Thank you! Questions?
https://github.com/venegu
Software Evolution Storylines
By David Leonard
Software Evolution Storylines
Data Visualization Presentation at the CUNY Graduate Center
