A Cookbook for Eye Tracking in Software Engineering
Lisa Grabinger, Naser Al Madi, Roman Bednarik, Teresa Busjahn, Fabian Engl, Timur Ezer, Hans G Gruber, Florian Häuser, Jonathan I. Maletic, Unaizah Hanum Binti Obaidellah, Kang-il Park, Bonita Sharif, Zohreh Sharafi, Lynsay A. Shepherd, Juergen Mottok · 2025
Eye tracking technology offers valuable insights into how developers and users interact with software artifacts, tools, and interfaces. However, conducting empirical eye tracking research comes with a number of challenges. To assist researchers and students new to the field, this article provides a concise summary of the background as well as the key considerations. As an additional resource, we present a detailed checklist along with its application. Note that both the outline and the checklist are specifically tailored to, but not limited to, the context of software engineering research.