Title :
Interacting visual abstractions of programs
Author :
Ford, Lindsey ; Tallis, Daniel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Exeter Univ., UK
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;
Conference_Titel :
Visual Languages, 1993., Proceedings 1993 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Bergen
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3970-9
DOI :
10.1109/VL.1993.269584
