Technical dimensions of programming systems
Programming is done in a stateful environment, by interacting with a system through a graphical user interface. The stateful, interactive and graphical environment is more important than the programming language(s) used through it. Yet, most research focuses on comparing and studying programming languages and only little has been said about programming systems.
Technical dimensions is a framework that captures the characteristics of programming systems. It makes it possible to compare programming systems, better understand them, and to find interesting new points in the design space of programming systems. We created technical dimensions to help designers of programming systems to evaluate, compare and guide their work and, ultimately, stand on the shoulders of giants.
Where to start to learn more
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Want to delve into the details and analyse your system?
Start from the catalogue of technical dimensions -
Want to explore our framework by example?
Start from good old programming systems -
Want to see how this helps us understand programming systems?
Start from a summary matrix of system and dimensions -
Read about our motivation, methodology and evaluation?
Start from our paper about technical dimensions
Related papers and documents
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Read our ‹Programming› 2023 paper in a conventional format
Technical Dimensions of Programming Systems -
Check out tutorial slides with a structured summary of dimensions
Methodology of Programming Systems