Open AccessFeature Usage Explorer: Usage Monitoring and Visualization Tool in HTML5 Based Applications
Author(s) -
Šarunas Marciuška,
Pekka Abrahamsson
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of open research software
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2049-9647
DOI - 10.5334/jors.af
Subject(s) - json , computer science , html5 , javascript , feature (linguistics) , usability , world wide web , visualization , information retrieval , database , human–computer interaction , data mining , philosophy , linguistics
Feature Usage Explorer is a JavaScript library, which automatically detects features in HTML5 based applications and monitors their usage. The collected information can be visualized in a Feature Usage Diagram, which is automatically generated from an input json file. Currently, the users of Feature Usage Explorer have to design their own tool in order to generate the json file from collected usage information. This option remains viable when using the library in order not to constraint the user’s choice of preferred data storage. Feature Usage Explorer can be reused in any HTML5 based applications where an understanding of how users interact with the system is required (i.e. user experience and usability studies, human computer interaction field, or requirement prioritization area)