April 2004 - Posts

• Psychology of Programming Workshop

  Another paper that caught my attention at the recent Psychology of Programming workshop was presented by Matt Jadud from the University of Kent. Matt's research focuses on understanding how novices learn to program and to develop teaching methodologies Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 27, 2004 2:24 PM by stevencl | 6 Comments Filed under: Usability

• Using the cognitive dimensions - Role Expressiveness

  For each user goal that your API supports, describe how easy it is to tell from reading the code what the code does. List those parts of the API that do not express their role clearly. Additionally, gather feedback from users regarding the code that they Read More... Posted Friday, April 23, 2004 12:44 PM by stevencl | 1 Comments Filed under: API Usability

• Psychology of Programming Workshop

  It's been well over a month since I last posted. I've been away for a few weeks on vacation and attending the Psychology of Programming Workshop in Ireland. The workshop lasted three days and was very interesting. I'm going to provide summaries of the Read More... Posted Friday, April 16, 2004 3:45 PM by stevencl | 1 Comments Filed under: API Usability