Abstract We report on the state-of-the-art of software visualization. To ensure reproducibility, we adopted the Systematic Literature Review methodology. That is, we analyzed 1440 entries from IEEE Xplore and ACM Digital Library databases. We selected 105 relevant full papers published in 2013–2019, which we classified based on the aspect of the software system that is supported (i.e., structure, behavior, and evolution). For each paper, we extracted main dimensions that characterize software visualizations, such as software engineering tasks, roles of users, information visualization techniques, and media used to display visualizations. We provide researchers in the field an overview of the state-of-the-art in software visualization and highlight research opportunities. We also help developers to identify suitable visualizations for their particular context by matching software visualizations to development concerns and concrete details to obtain available visualization tools. Graphic abstract

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现代软件可视化的系统文献综述

摘要 我们报告了软件可视化的最新技术。为确保可重复性，我们采用了系统文献综述方法。也就是说，我们分析了来自 IEEE Xplore 和 ACM 数字图书馆数据库的 1440 个条目。我们选择了 2013-2019 年发表的 105 篇相关全文，我们根据所支持的软件系统的方面（即结构、行为和进化）进行分类。对于每篇论文，我们提取了表征软件可视化的主要维度，例如软件工程任务、用户角色、信息可视化技术和用于显示可视化的媒体。我们为该领域的研究人员提供最先进的软件可视化概述，并突出研究机会。我们还通过将软件可视化与开发关注点和具体细节进行匹配来获得可用的可视化工具，从而帮助开发人员确定适合其特定上下文的可视化。图形摘要