v1.5

• Implemented detection of jal-equivalent instruction sequences. i.e. la $ra, somelabel immediately followed by j somelabel.
• Implemented Application (stand-alone program) mode.
• Added Javadoc comments to facilitate contributions and development.
• Added license statement.
• Updated Help component.
• Performance optimizations.
• Code refactoring.
• Bug fixes.

Provided executable JAR files:

• MarsSV1_5.jar targets the general public. It is based on MARS 4.5 and includes the StackVisualizer tool.
• MarsMYY505-SV1_5.jar is based on MarsSV1_5.jar but has a limited pseudo-operations set. The removed pseudo ops shouldn't be used in the context of MYY505 - Computer Architecture 1 course taught at cse.uoi.gr.

The JAR files were created using JDK (compiler) compliance level: 1.8

v1.0

• Implemented subroutine frame (activation record) visualization in the "Call Layout" column. Subroutine names are placed on the highest address of the corresponding frame.
• Updated Help component as of "Call Layout" column.
• Updated default table column widths.
• Refactored existing code.
• Bug fixes.

MarsMYY505_SV1.jar has a limited pseudo-operations set. The removed pseudo ops shouldn't be used in the context of MYY505 course taught at cse.uoi.gr.

v0.9

• Increased the number of initially shown table rows (words) to fit table size.
• Reduced windows height to support lower screen resolutions
• Updated help component
• Compiled v0.9 JAR file with JDK1.8 (instead of JDK 10) to be compatible with the laboratory computers of the Computer Science & Engineering Department, University of Ioannina.

v0.8

Preparing for the first release of StackVisualizer.

Changes since v0.2:

• Verified and refactored as required existing code
• Implemented per Byte or per Word data visualization
• Added options for decimal addresses and decimal values
• Added coloring of the table cell that $sp points to
• Various GUI updates (font, colors, table resizing etc)
• Implemented preservation of stored register column data among table transformations (per Byte or per Word visualizations)
• Bug fixes

v0.2

Initial working release of Stack Visualizer.

Real time visualization of:

• Stack pointer (word-aligned) [yellow background coloring of word]
• Stack segment memory contents (per Byte). Lower addresses are colored in light grey (Given that stack growth takes place from higher to lower addresses).