Mapping the space of API design decisions

Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 50-57

  Stylos, Jeffrey ^a   Myers, Brad ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN DECISIONS; DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS; DESIGN SPACES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCHES; ERROR PREVENTIONS; EVOLVABILITY; LEARNABILITY; MEMORY USAGES; NEW APPLICATIONS; QUALITY ATTRIBUTES; SPECIFIC DESIGNS;

CONFORMAL MAPPING; DESIGN; LINGUISTICS; POWER QUALITY;

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API);

EID: 47949102098     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VLHCC.2007.36     Document Type: Conference Paper

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