An empirical analysis of the evolution of user-visible features in an integrated development environment

Proceedings of the 2009 Conference of the Center for Advanced Studies on Collaborative Research, CASCON '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 122-135

  Hou, Daqing ^a   Wang, Yuejiao ^b  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY-BASED; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MODEL; INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; USABILITY ANALYSIS;

INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WEB SERVICES;

RESEARCH;

EID: 77951553792     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1723028.1723044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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