Hi!

Yesterday I did a bit of programming. I thought that visualizing code duplication is a nice 20 minutes of coding. 

Visualizing code duplication. A square around the diagonal indicates code duplication. All methods of the analyzed application are located horizontally and vertically. A red dot indicates duplication between two methods. This technique to visualize duplication is rooted in analyzing chromosomes.

Here are some visualizations:

This is Glamour:

Trachel:

Nautilus:




Here is the code:
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| packageNamePattern1 packageNamePattern2 minimumLinesOfCodeToBeConsidered p1 methods1 p2 methods2 m |
packageNamePattern1 := UIManager default
request: '-- 1 -- Enter a pattern of a package (e.g., Roassal2 or Roassal2*)'
initialAnswer: 'Roassal2'
title: 'Enter the name of a package to visualize the duplication'.

packageNamePattern2 := UIManager default
request: '-- 2 -- Enter a pattern of a package (e.g., Trachel or Trachel*)'
initialAnswer: 'Trachel'
title: 'Enter the name of a package to visualize the duplication'.

minimumLinesOfCodeToBeConsidered := 5.
p1 := RPackageOrganizer default packages select: [ :p | packageNamePattern1 match: p packageName ].
methods1 := (((p1 flatCollect: #methods) groupedBy: #methodClass) values flatCollect: #yourself) select: [ :me | me sourceNonEmptyCodeLinesCached size >= minimumLinesOfCodeToBeConsidered ].

p2 := RPackageOrganizer default packages select: [ :p | packageNamePattern2 match: p packageName ].
methods2 := (((p2 flatCollect: #methods) groupedBy: #methodClass) values flatCollect: #yourself) select: [ :me | me sourceNonEmptyCodeLinesCached size >= minimumLinesOfCodeToBeConsidered ].

m := RTDepMatrix new.
m shape box color: Color red.
m interaction popupText.
m function: [ :m1 :m2 | 
| a1 a2 |
a1 := m1 sourceNonEmptyCodeLinesCached.
a2 := m2 sourceNonEmptyCodeLinesCached.
(a1 intersection: a2) size >= 5 "((a1 size min: a2 size) - 1)" ].
m horizontal: methods1.
m vertical: methods2.
m inspect
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Alexandre Bergel  http://www.bergel.eu
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