Title :
A Visual Programming Language for Data Transformation
Author :
Tu, Pin-Ying ; Chen, Woei-Kae ; Cheng, Yu Chin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Eng., Nat. Taipei Univ. of Technol., Taipei
Abstract :
This paper proposes a visual programming language, called VisualTPL, to perform data transformation in report generation. In VisualTPL, data transformation is accomplished by writing graphical dataflow programs, which manipulate tables as first-class objects with a set of table operations. Based on VisualTPL, a visual programming environment, called VisualTPS, has been developed. As demonstrated with an example, data transformation programming is easy and intuitive in VisualTPS. Tables with sophisticated layouts can be created through top-down decomposition and incremental development.
Keywords :
data communication; programming languages; visual programming; VisualTPL; data transformation; graphical dataflow programs; top-down decomposition; visual programming language; Application software; Computer languages; Computer science; Contracts; Data engineering; Information retrieval; Programming environments; Scheduling algorithm; Transaction databases; Writing; Database Applications; Visual Programming Language;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Science and its Applications, 2008. CSA '08. International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Hobart, ACT
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3428-2
DOI :
10.1109/CSA.2008.58
