This section is under construction. We are building a searchable database of 530+ PPIG papers from all our annual and work-in-progress workshops. For each paper, there will be a PDF view and download, a Bibtext entry and linked PoP keywords to find related papers.
| Title | The impact of syntax colouring on program comprehension |
| Publication Type | Paper |
| Authors | Sarkar, A |
| Publication Year | 2015 |
| Paper # | 8 |
| Conference | PPIG 2015 - 26th Annual Workshop |
| Date Published | 07/2015 |
| Abstract | Wepresentanempiricalstudyinvestigatingtheeffectofsyntaxhighlightingonprogram comprehension and its interaction with programming experience. Quantitative data was captured from 10 human subjects using an eye tracker during a controlled, randomised, within-subjects study. We observe that syntax highlighting significantly improves task completion time, and that this effect becomes weaker with an increase in programming experience. |
