Mon 26 Oct 2015 10:50 - 11:10 at Grand Station 5 - Tools Chair(s): Thomas LaToza

This paper evaluates a design-driven, tool-based approach, named DiaSuite, dedicated to developing IoT applications. Specifically, we measure the usability and the learning cost of DiaSuite as a first step to assess the potential for transferring this technology to the industrial practice of this domain. We assess the learning cost to use DiaSuite by involving four professional programmers in a controlled experiment in software engineering. This experiment brings preliminary evidence that the DiaSuite technology can be used effectively by professional developers after only half a day of training. We then present qualitative data about the usage and usability of DiaSuite, collected from developers, and using questionnaires and interviews. Finally, we discuss lessons learned from this work.

An Evaluation of the DiaSuite Toolset by Professional Developers (plateau2015-kabac.pdf)195KiB

Mon 26 Oct

Displayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change

10:30 - 12:00
ToolsPLATEAU at Grand Station 5
Chair(s): Thomas LaToza George Mason University
10:30
20m
Talk
Frequency Distribution of Error Messages
PLATEAU
David Pritchard University of Waterloo, Canada
File Attached
10:50
20m
Talk
An Evaluation of the DiaSuite Toolset by Professional Developers
PLATEAU
Milan Kabáč University of Bordeaux / Inria Bordeaux / LaBRI, Nic Volanschi Inria Bordeaux, Charles Consel University of Bordeaux
File Attached
11:10
20m
Talk
Aiding Programmers using Lightweight Integrated Code Visualization
PLATEAU
Per Ola Kristensson University of Cambridge, Chung Leung Lam University of Cambridge
File Attached
11:30
10m
Talk
Towards moldable development tools
PLATEAU
Andrei Chiş University of Bern, Switzerland, Tudor Gîrba tudorgirba.com, Switzerland, Oscar Nierstrasz University of Bern, Switzerland
Pre-print Media Attached File Attached
11:40
13m
Talk
Understanding the Effects of Code Presentation
PLATEAU
Jason Jacques University of Cambridge, Per Ola Kristensson University of Cambridge
File Attached