Microvision: Static analysis-based approach to visualizing microservices in augmented reality

Tomas Cerny, Amr S. Abdelfattah, Vincent Bushong, Abdullah Al Maruf, Davide Taibi

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24 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Microservices are supporting digital transformation; however, fundamental tools and system perspectives are missing to better observe, understand, and manage these systems, their properties, and their dependencies. Microservices architecture leans toward decentralization, which yields many advantages to system operation; it, however, brings challenges to their development. Microservices lack a system-centric perspective to better cope with system evolution and quality assessment. In this work, we explore microservice-specific architecture reconstruction based on static analysis. Such reconstruction typically results in system models to visualize selected system-centric perspectives. Conventional models are limited in utility when the service cardinality is high. We consider an alternative data visualization using 3D space using augmented reality. To begin testing the feasibility of deriving such perspectives from microservice systems, we developed and implemented prototype tools for software architecture reconstruction and visualization of compared perspectives.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 16th IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented System Engineering, SOSE 2022
PublisherIEEE
Pages49-58
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781665475341
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Publication typeA4 Article in conference proceedings
EventIEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented System Engineering - Newark, United States
Duration: 15 Aug 202218 Aug 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented System Engineering
PublisherIEEE
ISSN (Electronic)2642-6587

Exhibition

ExhibitionIEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented System Engineering
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNewark
Period15/08/2218/08/22

Keywords

  • Augmented Reality
  • Microservices
  • Software Architecture Reconstruction
  • System-centric view
  • Visualization

Publication forum classification

  • Publication forum level 1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Information Systems and Management
  • Control and Systems Engineering

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