Abstract While debugging technology has advanced in

While debugging technology has advanced in recent years, particularly through the incorporation of graphical user interfaces, there is still a need for new advances to improve the efficiency of the process. As software applications continue to become ever more complex this need is continuing to increase. This work is a follow on to the visualization work that has been ongoing for a number of years and applies steering metaphors to the debugging process to address the inefficiency of those parts of the debugging cycle in which a developer has identified an error and must identify and incorporate a verified correction. In this way, the developer can change the code dynamically during run-time without the need to leave the debugging environment until the correct modifications have been determined, greatly improving the efficiency of the debugging process.