Title :
ViTABaL: a visual language supporting design by tool abstraction
Author :
Grundy, John C. ; Hosking, John G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Waikato Univ., Hamilton, New Zealand
Abstract :
We describe a visual language and environment for designing and implementing systems using the tool abstraction paradigm. This paradigm permits systems to be constructed from toolie and abstract data structure components, using an event response mechanism to handle inter-component interaction. This approach leads to systems more easily adapted to functional specification changes than with conventional design
Keywords :
abstract data types; data structures; programming environments; software tools; systems analysis; visual languages; visual programming; ViTABaL; abstract data structure components; design support; event response mechanism; functional specification changes; inter-component interaction handling; systems implementation; tool abstraction paradigm; toolie components; visual language; Computer science; Data structures; Data visualization; Noise robustness; Programming environments; Runtime; Software design; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Visual Languages, Proceedings., 11th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Darmstadt
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7045-2
DOI :
10.1109/VL.1995.520785
