The concept maps method as a tool to evaluate the usability of APIs

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3373-3382

  Gerken, Jens ^a   Jetter, Hans Christian ^a   Zöllner, Michael ^a   Mader, Martin ^a   Reiterer, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Api usability; Concept maps; Evaluation method; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API);

API USABILITY; APPLICATIONS PROGRAMMING INTERFACES; CODE STRUCTURE; CONCEPT MAPS; EVALUATION METHODS; LEARNING BARRIERS; LONGITUDINAL; MAP METHODS; MENTAL MODEL; USABILITY EVALUATION METHODS;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 79958084617     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1978942.1979445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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