Constructing an integrated visual programming environment

Software - Practice and Experience

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 773-798

  Hu, Chung Hua ^a   Wang, Feng Jian ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Integrated programming environment; Object oriented technique; Reusability; Visual programming

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

INTEGRATED VISUAL PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT (IVPE); MODEL VIEW SHAPE (MVS) ARCHITECTURE;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032100076     PISSN: 00380644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-024X(199807)28:7<773::AID-SPE176>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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