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Visual programming in R-technology: Concepts, systems and perspectives

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Human-Computer Interaction (EWHCI 1993)

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This paper describes an efficient framework for software development environments based on R-charts and gives main concepts and aims of a project to the develop a visual user interface for the C++ programming language. R-charts are structured graphs which are used for visual specifications of algorithms, visual programming and debugging. They have been applied to different languages and have adopted by ISO as an alternative charting notation for the program constructs in ISO/IEC 8631. The user interface for C++ described in this paper incorporates the R-charts, OO diagrams and other visualization methods for visual specifications, data browsing and control flow visualization.

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  1. Human Cognition Research Laboratory, The Open University, Walton Hall, MK7 6AA, Milton Keynes, UK

    Igor Ushakov

  2. International Software Technology Research Center-TECHNOSOFT, 44 Academician Glushkov Avenue, 252207, Kiev, Ukraine

    Igor Velbitskiy

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Ushakov, I., Velbitskiy, I. (1993). Visual programming in R-technology: Concepts, systems and perspectives. In: Bass, L.J., Gornostaev, J., Unger, C. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. EWHCI 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 753. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57433-6_48

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