The state of the art in end-user software engineering

Most programs today are written not by professional software developers, but by people with expertise in other domains working towards goals for which they need computational support. For example, a teacher might write a grading spreadsheet to save time grading, or an interaction designer might use an interface builder to test some user interface design ideas. Although these end-user programmers may not have the same goals as professional developers, they do face many of the same software engineering challenges, including understanding their requirements, as well as making decisions about design, reuse, integration, testing, and debugging. This article summarizes and classifies research on these activities,…

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  National Science Foundation

  Award: ITR-0325273/0324861/0324844/0405612ITWF-0420533IIS-0329090
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  Division of Information and Intelligent Systems

  Award: ITR-0325273/0324861/0324844/0405612ITWF-0420533IIS-0329090