WAD: A feasibility study using the wicked audio debugger

IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 69-78

  Stefik, Andreas ^a   Alexander, Roger ^a   Patterson, Robert ^b   Brown, Jonathan ^a  

^a Washington State University

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIO DEBUGGER; COMPUTER CODE;

CODES (SYMBOLS); FILE EDITORS; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 34948837911     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPC.2007.42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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