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dc.contributor.authorMarsden, Gary-
dc.date.accessioned2009-12-18T10:29:08Z-
dc.date.available2009-12-18T10:29:08Z-
dc.date.issued1998-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/1920-
dc.description.abstractThis thesis sets out to answer three simple questions: What tools are available for novice programmers to program GUIs? Are those tools fulfilling their role? Can anything be done to make better tools? Despite being simple questions, the answers are not so easily constructed. In answering the first question, it was necessary to examine the range of tools available and decide upon criteria which could be used to identify tools aimed specifically at the novice programmer (there being no currently agreed criteria for their identification). Having identified these tools, it was then necessary to construct a framework within which they could be sensibly compared. The answering of the second question required an investigation of what were the successful features of current tools and which features were less successful. Success or failure of given features was determined by research in both programming language design and studies of programmer satisfaction. Having discovered what should be retained and discarded from current systems, the answering of the third question required the construction of new systems through blending elements from visual languages, program editors and fourth generation languages. These final prototypes illustrate a new way of thinking about and constructing the next generation of GUI programming languages for the novice.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Stirlingen
dc.subject.lcshDatabase managementen
dc.subject.lcshProgramming languages (Electronic computers)en
dc.titleDesigning graphical interface programming languages for the end useren
dc.typeThesis or Dissertationen
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen
dc.type.qualificationnameDoctor of Philosophyen
dc.contributor.affiliationSchool of Natural Sciences-
dc.contributor.affiliationComputing Science and Mathematics-
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