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What can model-based UI design offer to end-user software engineering?

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Alfonso García Frey,

Sophie Dupuy-ChessaAuthors Info & Claims

EICS '12: Proceedings of the 4th ACM SIGCHI symposium on Engineering interactive computing systems

Pages 189 - 194

https://doi.org/10.1145/2305484.2305515

Published: 25 June 2012 Publication History

Abstract

End-User Programming enables end users to create their own programs. This can be accomplished in different ways, where one of them is by appropriation or reconfiguration of existing software. However, there is a trade-off between end users' 'situated design' and quality design which is addressed in End-User Software Engineering. This paper investigates how methods and techniques from Model-Based UI Design can contribute to End-User Software Engineering. Applying the concept of Extra-UI, the paper describes a Model-Based approach that allows to extend core applications in a way that some of the underlying models and assumptions become manipulable by end users. The approach is discussed through a running example.

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Index Terms

What can model-based UI design offer to end-user software engineering?
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI theory, concepts and models
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design theory, concepts and paradigms
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Development frameworks and environments
      1. Integrated and visual development environments

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EICS '12: Proceedings of the 4th ACM SIGCHI symposium on Engineering interactive computing systems

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DOI:10.1145/2305484

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Bowen JDittmar AWeyers B(2021)Task Modelling for Interactive System DesignProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/34617365:EICS(1-22)Online publication date: 29-May-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3461736
Kramer DOussena S(2017)User Interfaces and Dynamic Software Product LinesHuman Centered Software Product Lines10.1007/978-3-319-60947-8_2(47-80)Online publication date: 6-Oct-2017
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60947-8_2
Garcia Frey ASottet JVagner A(2015)A multi-viewpoint approach to support collaborative user interface generation2015 IEEE 19th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD)10.1109/CSCWD.2015.7230997(425-430)Online publication date: May-2015
https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCWD.2015.7230997
García Frey ASottet JVagner APaternò FSantoro CZiegler J(2014)AMEProceedings of the 2014 ACM SIGCHI symposium on Engineering interactive computing systems10.1145/2607023.2611450(189-192)Online publication date: 17-Jun-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2607023.2611450
García Frey ASottet JVagner APaternò FSantoro CZiegler J(2014)Towards a multi-stakehoder engineering approach with adaptive modelling environmentsProceedings of the 2014 ACM SIGCHI symposium on Engineering interactive computing systems10.1145/2607023.2610273(33-38)Online publication date: 17-Jun-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2607023.2610273

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