Dynamic program analysis

Dynamic program analysis is like having a big detective who’s really good at finding problems in a program. You know how when you play video games or use apps on your phone or computer, sometimes things don’t work the way they’re supposed to? This is where the detective comes in.

The detective (the program analysis tool) looks at the code that makes the game or app work and sees how it runs when a user interacts with it. It watches everything that happens when you click buttons, do actions, and move around. It looks for things like bugs (problems) in the code that may crash the program or make it run slow.

Think of it like a map. The detective looks at the map of the program and finds the best way to go through it to spot any problems. Then it tells the programmers what went wrong and where so they can fix it.

The cool thing about dynamic program analysis is that it can be used to look at different parts of a program and in different situations. It’s like having the detective look at the program while you use it, while someone else uses it, and while it’s doing different things.

That way, the detective can find all the problems that might happen when the program is being used in real life, and the programmers can fix them before anyone even notices!