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Toolet: An Editor for Web-Based Tool Appropriation by Hobby Programmers

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Web appropriation implies adapting a web application to the user’s practice in ways that might not be conceived by the application designers. This might need to be conducted by the application’s users themselves. This requires for appropriation to be described at an adequate level of abstraction. This paper explores first steps in using Query By Example as a way to denote the semantics of situational, idiosyncratic operations. We explore this approach through Toolet, an editor for Web tool appropriation built on top of Google Sheets.

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    https://www.mindmeister.com/.

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    https://www.rememberthemilk.com.

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    https://www.mendeley.com/.

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    jsFiddle is a web application allowing users to create and execute code written in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. It acts as a sandbox to easily check out your code without the need to install the corresponding frameworks. More information at https://jsfiddle.net.

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    https://docs.angularjs.org/guide/component.

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    https://support.mindmeister.com/hc/en-us/community/topics/200108207-MindMeister-Feature-Requests.

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Contell has a doctoral grant from the University of the Basque Country.

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    Jeremías P. Contell & Oscar Díaz

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Contell, J.P., Díaz, O. (2017). Toolet: An Editor for Web-Based Tool Appropriation by Hobby Programmers. In: Daniel, F., Gaedke, M. (eds) Rapid Mashup Development Tools. RMC 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 696. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53174-8_6

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