DocumentCode :
2436224
Title :
Assertions in end-user software engineering: a think-aloud study
Author :
Wallace, Christine ; Cook, Curtis ; Summet, Jay ; Burnett, Margaret
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, USA
fYear :
2002
fDate :
2002
Firstpage :
63
Lastpage :
65
Abstract :
There has been little research on end-user program development beyond the programming phase. Devising ways to address additional phases may be critical, because research shows that over one-half of the programs written by end users, at least in the widely used spreadsheet paradigm, contain errors. In this paper, we investigate whether providing end users with integrated support for requirement specifications in the form of assertions can help them reason about, recognize, and remove errors in their spreadsheets. Our think-aloud study revealed that end users can indeed use assertions to find and correct errors as they work with their spreadsheets, and also revealed some surprising tendencies and biases about testing.
Keywords :
formal specification; personal computing; program debugging; program testing; spreadsheet programs; assertions; end-user program development; end-user software engineering; error correction; error removal; requirement specifications; spreadsheets; testing; think-aloud study; Computer science; Debugging; Displays; Error correction; Logic devices; Programming profession; Prototypes; Software engineering; Software prototyping; Software testing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments, 2002. Proceedings. IEEE 2002 Symposia on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1644-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/HCC.2002.1046348
Filename :
1046348
Link To Document :
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