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Perceived obstacles by novice developers adopting user interface APIs and tools

  • Irum Rauf
  • , Pekka Perälä
  • , Jouni Huotari
  • , Ivan Porres

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Abstract

An Application-Programming Interface or API provides a set of program functions that can be used to build new applications. In this paper, we study how to use the expectation-confirmation theory (ECT) to identify API usability problems, and what obstacles a novice developer faces when learning a new API and its accompanying development tools. We conduct a study over the impact of using a visual editor on API usability and then use the expectation-confirmation theory to study perceptions about the API and the editor. We finally present a list of obstacles found in the study that can be used by others to create more usable APIs and development tools.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC 2016
EditorsAlan Blackwell, Beryl Plimmer, Gem Stapleton
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages223-227
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781509002528
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Nov 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event2016 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC 2016 - Cambridge, United Kingdom
Duration: 4 Sep 20168 Sep 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC
Volume2016-November
ISSN (Print)1943-6092
ISSN (Electronic)1943-6106

Conference

Conference2016 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityCambridge
Period4/09/168/09/16

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