Code Maintenance and Design for a Visual Programming Language Graphical User Interface

摘要

This work adds new functionality to an existing visual programming environment. It applies software maintenance techniques for use with the Java Language in a Microsoft Windows operating system environment. The previously undocumented application is intended to support programming with executable diagrams. This application has the potential to expand programming access to non-programmers, provide better software documentation and improve software maintainability. It is currently capable of supporting meta-programming tasks such as parsing and compiler building. The 11,184 legacy lines of code (LOC) were corrected, extended and documented to support future maintenance using an additional 957 LOC and changes to 45 LOC.