On the use of a multiple-visualization approach to manage software bugs

Software testing has been reported as one of the main responsible for quality assurance in a software project. In this effect, a series of techniques, methods, and tools can be found in the literature. In this work, we propose an approach to manage bugs using multiple software visualization. We developed an eclipse-based plug-in to report bugs. As a result of this activity, the collected bugs may be bound with the software elements. Such a binding aids the engineers responsible for fixing bugs to know the exact point where the reported bug was installed. We used multiple views with different perspectives to analyze and understand the bugs in the source code. As a proof of concept, we simulated its use in an open source system.