Visual Programming in the Wild: A Survey of LabVIEW Programmers

Journal of Visual Languages and Computing

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 435-472

  Whitley, K N ^a   Blackwell, Alan F ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b New Museums Site   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empirical evaluation, cognitive dimensions, LabVIEW.

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346311471     PISSN: 1045926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvlc.2000.0198     Document Type: Article

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