Using scenario-based requirements to direct research on web macro tools

Journal of Visual Languages and Computing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 485-498

  Scaffidi, Christopher ^a   Cypher, Allen ^b   Elbaum, Sebastian ^c   Koesnandar, Andhy ^c   Myers, Brad ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

End user programming; Scripting; Web macros

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849133456     PISSN: 1045926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvlc.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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