DocumentCode
1594951
Title
Interacting visual abstractions of programs
Author
Ford, Lindsey ; Tallis, Daniel
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Exeter Univ., UK
fYear
1993
Firstpage
93
Lastpage
97
Abstract
What visual program abstractions support programming? We explore this question for object-oriented programming with reference to programming tasks such as modification engineering and program development. We present ten related abstractions (views) of a program using visual constructs based on empirical and observational studies. We explain the dynamic and interactive nature of the views and suggest how they would be used in programming tasks
Keywords
object-oriented programming; visual programming; POLKA system; modification engineering; object-oriented programming; program development; programming tasks; visual constructs; visual program abstractions; Computer languages; Computer science; Data visualization; Displays; Distributed control; Dynamic programming; Humans; Information processing; Object oriented programming; Programming profession;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Visual Languages, 1993., Proceedings 1993 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location
Bergen
Print_ISBN
0-8186-3970-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/VL.1993.269584
Filename
269584
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