Designing the client user interface for a methodology independent OO CASE tool

Author

Phillips, Chris ; Adams, Steven ; Page, David ; Mehandjiska, Daniela

Author_Institution

Massey Univ., Palmerston North, New Zealand

fYear

1998

fDate

30 Nov-4 Dec 1998

Firstpage

106

Lastpage

113

Abstract

MOOT (Meta Object Oriented Tool) is an intelligent methodology independent customisable OO CASE tool. One of the major goals of MOOT is to provide flexible support for the description of the semantics and notations of arbitrary methodologies. This is provided through the employment of two distinct specification languages. The paper describes the design of the client user interface for MOOT. Both functional and non-functional requirements of the interface are defined, and design issues relating to the look and feel of the interface are discussed. Details of an instantiation for the Coad and Yourdon OOA/OOD methodology are presented and discussed (P. Coad and E. Yourdon, 1991)

Keywords

computer aided software engineering; formal specification; interactive systems; object-oriented programming; user interfaces; MOOT; Meta Object Oriented Tool; OOA/OOD methodology; arbitrary methodologies; client user interface; client user interface design; design issues; flexible support; functional requirements; instantiation; intelligent methodology independent customisable OO CASE tool; methodology independent OO CASE tool; non-functional requirements; semantics; specification languages; Application software; Computer aided software engineering; Employment; Object oriented modeling; Productivity; Programming; Software tools; Specification languages; Usability; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Human Interaction Conference, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 Australasian

Conference_Location

Adelaide, SA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-9206-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OZCHI.1998.732202

Filename

732202