Usability of Programming Languages

Brad A. Myers; Andreas Stefik; Stefan Hanenberg; Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho; Margaret Burnett; Franklyn Turbak; Philip Wadler

doi:10.1145/2851581.2886434

Usability of Programming Languages

Brad A. Myers, Andreas Stefik, Stefan Hanenberg, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho, Margaret Burnett, Franklyn Turbak, Philip Wadler

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Programming languages form the interface between programmers (the users) and the computation that they desire the computer to execute. Although studies exist for some aspects of programming language design (such as conditionals), other aspects have received little or no human factors evaluations. Designers thus have little they can rely on if they want to make new languages highly usable, and users cannot easily chose a language based on usability criteria. This SIG will bring together researchers and practitioners interested in increasing the depth and breadth of studies on the usability of programming languages, and ultimately in improving the usability of future languages.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI EA '16 Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	ACM
Pages	1104-1107
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-4082-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2886434
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems - San Jose, United States Duration: 7 May 2016 → 12 May 2016 http://chi2016.acm.org/wp/

Conference

Conference	2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Abbreviated title	CHI'16
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	7/05/16 → 12/05/16
Internet address	http://chi2016.acm.org/wp/

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From Data Types to Session Types - A Basis for Concurrency and Distribution
Wadler, P.
EPSRC
20/05/13 → 19/11/20
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Myers, BA, Stefik, A, Hanenberg, S, Kaijanaho, A-J, Burnett, M, Turbak, F & Wadler, P 2016, Usability of Programming Languages. in CHI EA '16 Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, pp. 1104-1107, 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, San Jose, California, United States, 7/05/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2886434

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