Iconic languages: Towards end-user programming of mobile applications. (February 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Francese, Rita; Risi, Michele; Tortora, Genoveffa
• Is Part Of: Journal of visual languages & computing. Volume 38(2017)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 8
• Publication Date: 2017-02
• Subjects: Visual languages -- Mobile development -- Iconic languages -- Visual programming; Visual programming languages (Computer science) -- Periodicals; Visual programming (Computer science) -- Periodicals; Programming languages (Electronic computers) -- Semantics -- Periodicals; Langages de programmation visuelle -- Périodiques; Programmation visuelle -- Périodiques; Langages de programmation -- Sémantique -- Périodiques; Programming languages (Electronic computers) -- Semantics; Visual programming (Computer science); Visual programming languages (Computer science); Periodicals; Electronic journals; 005
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jvlc.2016.10.009
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1045-926X

Abstract

Abstract: After tracing the steps that led to the current generation of iconic languages starting from the original idea of S.K. Chang, we describe an iconic language, named MicroApp, for modeling pervasive mobile applications directly on the mobile device. MicroApp exploits generalized icons for composing mobile applications: services are represented by icons and are composed of adopting colors for representing data-flow. We also qualitatively evaluate the visual environment that implements this iconic language.