Re:How do you visualize code?
by lugu on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @07:08PM
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In a real world program, the number of branches is too high to be nicely represented in 3 dimensions: take whatever visualization approach you like (UML, drakon, visual flow, ...) and imagine how it scale to just a modest programs.
I guess the constructs of the programing language has to be designed to produce a visual representation: a strict hierarchy must be imposed to hide complexity.
At the end of the day, the question is: why using visualization?
- if this is to use visual memory, can one trick the brain with colors, fonts and background images?
- if this is to have 10,000 feet pictures, can statistics answer your questions?
I guess the constructs of the programing language has to be designed to produce a visual representation: a strict hierarchy must be imposed to hide complexity.
At the end of the day, the question is: why using visualization? - if this is to use visual memory, can one trick the brain with colors, fonts and background images? - if this is to have 10,000 feet pictures, can statistics answer your questions?