Message-Flow Programming in PdaGraph

Author

Kollet, Yael ; Smedley, Trevor J.

Author_Institution

Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS

fYear

2004

fDate

30-30 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

229

Lastpage

232

Abstract

PdaGraph is an end-user component-based programming language for the PDA. In the first stage of our research a data-flow visual programming language was designed, but this was lacking an intuitive user interface and the connections between different parts of the program were not visible. To make PdaGraph suitable for end-users, we designed a high-level component-based message-flow programming language and environment. To verify that the design is end-user friendly we conducted a usability study using a low fidelity paper prototype, and feedback was obtained by videotaping the subject-system interactions and by using a cognitive dimensions questionnaire

Keywords

programming environments; programming languages; user interfaces; visual languages; visual programming; PDA; PdaGraph; cognitive dimensions questionnaire; component-based programming language; data-flow visual programming language; intuitive user interface; message-flow programming; programming environment; subject-system interactions; Application software; Boolean functions; Computer languages; Data structures; Displays; Personal digital assistants; Programming profession; Prototypes; Usability; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Visual Languages and Human Centric Computing, 2004 IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8696-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VLHCC.2004.36

Filename

1372326