This book will help readers to better understand how to create environments for end-user development. Contributions from the best international experts in end-user development address relevant issues and propose original solutions. Developing new or modified interfaces and applications that effectively support users' goals still requires considerable expertise in programming that cannot be expected from most people. Thus, one fundamental challenge for the coming years is to develop environments that allow users who do not have background in programming to develop or modify their own applications, with the ultimate aim of empowering people to flexibly employ advanced information and communication technologies. This volume is for all those want to understand how to allow end-users to be actively involved in the development of software systems.

The most updated state of the art description in the area of end-user development Contributions from the best international experts in end-user development Brings together a set of interdisciplinary contributions to better understand how to create environments for end-user development

Klappentext

This book makes important aspects of the international discussion on End User Development (EUD) available to a broader audience. It offers a unique set of contributions from research institutes worldwide, addressing relevant issues and proposing original solutions. This broad look at the emerging paradigm of End-User Development will inspire every reader to appreciate its potential for the future. Indeed, the editors hope that readers - "end-users" - will themselves become developers.

Inhalt
End-User Development: An Emerging Paradigm.- Psychological Issues in End-User Programming.- More Natural Programming Languages and Environments.- What Makes End-User Development Tick? 13 Design Guidelines.- An Integrated Software Engineering Approach for End-User Programmers.- Component-Based Approaches to Tailorable Systems.- Natural Development of Nomadic Interfaces Based on Conceptual Descriptions.- End User Development of Web Applications.- End-User Development: The Software Shaping Workshop Approach.- Participatory Programming: Developing Programmable Bioinformatics Tools for End-Users.- Challenges for End-User Development in Intelligent Environments.- Fuzzy Rewriting.- Breaking It Up: An Industrial Case Study of Component-Based Tailorable Software Design.- End-User Development as Adaptive Maintenance.- Supporting Collaborative Tailoring.- EUD as Integration of Components Off-The-Shelf: The Role of Software Professionals Knowledge Artifacts.- Organizational View of End-User Development.- A Semiotic Framing for End-User Development.- Meta-design: A Framework for the Future of End-User Development.- Feasibility Studies for Programming in Natural Language.- Future Perspectives in End-User Development.