Value Sensitive Programming Language Design
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Marquez, Nicholas
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Abstract
A programming language is a user interface. In designing a system’s user interface, it is
not controversial to assert that a thoughtful consideration of the system’s users is paramount,
indeed consideration of users has been a primary focus of Human-Computer
Interaction (HCI) research. General-purpose programming language design has not
had much need for disciplined HCI methodology because programming languages have
been designed by programming language users themselves. But what happens when
programmers design languages for non-programmers? In this paper we claim that the
application of a particular design methodology from HCI – Value Sensitive Design –
will be valuable in designing languages for non-programmers.
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Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program ; Price Gilbert Memorial Library System.
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2010
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