More Natural end-user software engineering

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 30-34

  Myers, Brad A ^a   Ko, Andrew ^a   Park, Sun Young ^a   Stylos, Jeffrey ^a   LaToza, Thomas D ^a   Beaton, Jack ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

Authoring; Designer; End user software engineering; Interactive behaviors; Natural Programming; Programming by demonstration; Survey

Indexed keywords

AUTHORING; DESIGNER; END-USER SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; INTERACTIVE BEHAVIORS; NATURAL PROGRAMMING; PROGRAMMING BY DEMONSTRATION;

COBALT; ENGINEERING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 57049171494     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1370847.1370854     Document Type: Conference Paper

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