Representation Design Benchmarks: A Design-Time Aid for VPL Navigable Static Representations

Yang, Sherry; Burnett, Margaret; DeKoven, Elyon; Zloof, Moshé M.

doi:10.1006/jvlc.1997.0047

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“…Meanwhile, its take-up by other researchers such as Modugno, Green and Myers (1994), Buckingham-Shum and Hammond (1994) and Yang, Burnett, DeKoven and Zloof (1995) shows the wide applicability of the approach.…”

Section: Trade-offs Among Dimensionsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Cognitive Factors in Programming with Diagrams

Blackwell

Whitley

Good

et al. 2001

Thinking With Diagrams

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Visual programming languages aim to broaden the use of diagrams within the software industry, to the extent that they are integrated into the programming language itself. As a result, they provide an ideal opportunity to study the benefits of diagrams as an external representation during problem solving: not only is programming a challenging problem-solving activity, but the effect of diagram usage can be directly assessed by comparing performance while using a visual programming language to performance with a standard textual language. There have been several misconceptions amongst visual language researchers regarding the role of diagrams in software design, but these are being addressed by empirical studies and by new theories of notation design derived from studies of visual programming. Based on this research, the authors are able to recommend several new directions for research into thinking with diagrams.

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Section: Trade-offs Among Dimensionsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Cognitive Factors in Programming with Diagrams

Blackwell

Whitley

Good

et al. 2001

Thinking With Diagrams

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“…Particularly in the case of a sizable program, the main challenge for any dynamic analysis based technique is to convey both the program's large structure and its many interrelationships to the user, such that the available screen real estate is used efficiently. This is not a trivial task, and straightforward visualizations typically do not suffice because they often require two-dimensional scrolling, thus hindering the comprehension process [35]. An example of such visualizations are UML sequence diagrams which we reconstructed in earlier work [5].…”

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Execution trace analysis through massive sequence and circular bundle views

Cornelissen

Zaidman

Holten

et al. 2008

Journal of Systems and Software

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“…In order to understand the costs of our design, it is first necessary to identify which of the learning cost elements are zero, i.e., the prerequisite skill set expected of the intended audience [YBDZ97]. A prerequisite is both an asset and a barrier -designers can build design features on the prerequisites, but people who do not have the prerequisites should not be expected to succeed at tasks that require those prerequisites.…”

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A user-centred approach to functions in Excel

2003

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We describe extensions to the Excel spreadsheet that integrate userdefined functions into the spreadsheet grid, rather than treating them as a "bolt-on". Our first objective was to bring the benefits of additional programming language features to a system that is often not recognised as a programming language. Second, in a project involving the evolution of a well-established language, compatibility with previous versions is a major issue, and maintaining this compatibility was our second objective. Third and most important, the commercial success of spreadsheets is largely due to the fact that many people find them more usable than programming languages for programming-like tasks. Thus, our third objective (with resulting constraints) was to maintain this usability advantage.Simply making Excel more like a conventional programming language would not meet these objectives and constraints. We have therefore taken an approach to our design work that emphasises the cognitive requirements of the user as a primary design criterion. The analytic approach that we demonstrate in this project is based on recent developments in the study of programming usability, including the Cognitive Dimensions of Notations and the Attention Investment model of abstraction use. We believe that this approach is also applicable to the design and extension of other programming languages and environments.

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Representation Design Benchmarks: A Design-Time Aid for VPL Navigable Static Representations

Cited by 40 publications

References 26 publications

Cognitive Factors in Programming with Diagrams

Cognitive Factors in Programming with Diagrams

Execution trace analysis through massive sequence and circular bundle views

A user-centred approach to functions in Excel

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