Analyzing dynamic information with spy and roassal: an experience report

Analyzing dynamic information with spy and roassal: an experience report Dynamic analyses tools are seldom crafted by practitioners. This paper discusses the benefits of supporting the practitioners to build their ad-hoc tool and presents our experience to lower the barrier to gather dynamic information. The experience we present is driven by the combination of the Spy profiling framework and the Roassal visualization engine, two frameworks used in industry and academia. We conclude with two question to discuss at the workshop.