Separating application code from toolkits: Eliminating the Spaghetti of call-backs

Proceedings of the 4th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 1991

Volumn , Issue , 1991, Pages 211-220

  Myers, Brad A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Call back procedures; Dialog boxes; Interface builders; UIMSS

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION CODES; CALL BACKS; DIALOG BOX; INTERFACE DESIGNERS; MENU ITEMS; SCROLL BARS; SEPARATING APPLICATION; UIMSS;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 84957576033     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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