As Easy as “Click”: End-User Web Engineering

We are investigating the feasibility of end-user web engineering. The main target audience for this research is webmasters without programming experience – a group likely to be interested in building web applications. Our target domain is web-based data collection and management applications. As an...

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Published inLecture notes in computer science pp. 478 - 488
Main Authors Rode, Jochen, Bhardwaj, Yogita, Pérez-Quiñones, Manuel A., Rosson, Mary Beth, Howarth, Jonathan
Format Book Chapter Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2005
Springer
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
Accidental Complexity
Applied sciences
Computer science; control theory; systems
Exact sciences and technology
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Main Target Audience
Novice Developer
Ride Board
Software
Software engineering
Software development
Storage management
Evolutionary algorithm
World wide web
Database
User requirement
Feasibility
Internet
Mental model
User need
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Summary:We are investigating the feasibility of end-user web engineering. The main target audience for this research is webmasters without programming experience – a group likely to be interested in building web applications. Our target domain is web-based data collection and management applications. As an instrument for studying the mental models of our audience and collecting requirements for an end-user web programming tool, we are developing Click, a proof-of-concept prototype. We discuss end-user related aspects of web engineering in general and describe the design rationale for Click. In particular, we elaborate on the need for supporting evolutionary prototyping and opportunistic and ad hoc development goals. We also discuss strategies for making end-user web engineering scalable and for encouraging end-user developers to continually increase their level of sophistication.
ISBN:9783540279969
3540279962
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/11531371_61