Tutorial #17

Rapid Prototyping Using Visual Programming Tools

Kurt J. Schmucker, Apple Computer, Inc.

Monday, April 15, full-day

Benefits

You will gain insight into how to prototype an application in a visual programming environment. You will see how two very different commercially-available tools tackle the same problems.

Origins

This tutorial is new for CHI 96, though Kurt is an experienced presenter of other CHI tutorials.

Features

comparison of visual and non-visual languages
taxonomy of visual programming tools
prototyping with cross-platform visual programming tools
in-depth focus on two widely-used tools: Novell's AppWare and Pictorius' Prograph CPX
case studies of prototyping with visual programming tools
when to use visual programming tools for prototyping

Audience

HCI professionals, both programmers and non-programmers, who are looking for faster ways to produce working prototypes and simple applications.

Presentation

Lecture and live demonstration on both Mac and Windows. The AppWare and Prograph demos are the central focus of this tutorial.

Instructor

Kurt Schmucker is department manager for visual programming research at Apple Computer, Inc., where he directs a team that is using Prograph in the implementation of a simulation authoring environment for children (KidSim). He is the author of "Object-Oriented Programming for the Macintosh."

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