End User Programming / Informal Programming (Original title: End-User Programming and Blended-User Programming) Howie Goodell, Sarah Kuhn, David Maulsby, and Carol Traynor ABSTRACT The phenomenon we call "programming" is not limited to regular professional programmers. Farthest away are end user programmers, who program just as a means to an end in their own professions. In between are people with very diverse backgrounds, general education, and programming knowledge. Like professional programmers, they write programs for others as their major job activity. Yet they also share characteristics of end user programmers, such as a strong specialization in one application area. All these "informal programmers" need more study and support to help them maximize their contributions. marize their position paper. The full text of these papers is available online [1]. 1. "Intelligent Support for Testing in Languages for Informal Programmers", presented by Margaret Burnett (Oregon State University). 2. "Practical End User Programming with Stagecast Creator", presented by Allen Cypher (Stagecast Software Inc.: Palo Alto CA). 3. "Mapping the Terrain of End User Programming", presented by Sarah Kuhn (University of Massachusetts Lowell: Lowell MA). 4. "A practical and empirical approach for biologists who almost program", presented by Catherine Letondal (Pasteur Institute: France).
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