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Composing software services on mobile devices is especially challenging when attempted by non-programmers. In this paper we compare two alternative supporting strategies: using generic task templates and scripting together condition-response fragments. The first is exemplified by a prototype called ACOM (Assisted Composition on Mobiles), the second by a commercially available alternative called IFTTT (IF This Then That). The paper uses a comparative observational study to highlight the benefits and drawbacks of both approaches, and to derive lessons for their improvement.
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Mehandjiev, N., Ning, L., Namoun, A. (2015). Assisted Composition of Services on Mobile Devices. In: DÃaz, P., Pipek, V., Ardito, C., Jensen, C., Aedo, I., Boden, A. (eds) End-User Development. IS-EUD 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9083. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18425-8_23
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