Virtual reality based computer application development

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to perform a method for analyzing source code of a computer application, the method comprising:
• receiving, by an integrated development environment (IDE), a stack trace that comprises a plurality of function calls, the IDE operating in a 3-dimensional (3D) virtual reality environment;
• accessing, by the IDE, a first source-code file that includes a first function call from the stack trace;
• accessing, by the IDE, a second source-code file that includes a second function call from the stack trace, the second function call being inside a first function corresponding to the first function call;
• and
• displaying, by the IDE, in the 3D virtual reality environment a first representation of the first source-code file, a second representation of the second source-code file, and a link between the first representation and the second representation, wherein the stack trace includes a chain of functions calls, each function call is displayed to be respective source code files and source code lines corresponding to the function calls are identified in the respective source code files by highlighting the source code lines.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processing circuit to cause the processing circuit to perform a method to analyze source code of a computer application, the method comprising:

• receiving, by an integrated development environment (IDE), a stack trace that comprises a plurality of function calls, the IDE operating in a 3-dimensional (3D) virtual reality environment;
• accessing, by the IDE, a first source-code file that includes a first function call from the stack trace;
• accessing, by the IDE, a second source-code file that includes a second function call from the stack trace, the second function call being inside a first function corresponding to the first function call;
• and
• displaying, by the IDE, in the 3D virtual reality environment a first representation of the first source-code file, a second representation of the second source-code file, and a link between the first representation and the second representation, wherein the stack trace includes a chain of functions calls, each function call is displayed to be respective source code files and source code lines corresponding to the function calls are identified in the respective source code files by highlighting the source code lines.