Perceived Obstacles by Novice Developers Adopting User Interface APIs and Tools

Irum Rauf; Pekka Perälä; Jouni Huotari; Ivan Porres Paltor

doi:10.1109/VLHCC.2016.7739689

Perceived Obstacles by Novice Developers Adopting User Interface APIs and Tools

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

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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 language	Undefined/Unknown
Title of host publication	Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), 2016 IEEE Symposium on
Editors	Alan Blackwell, Beryl Plimmer, Gem Stapleton
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	–
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5090-0252-8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5090-0253-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VLHCC.2016.7739689
Publication status	Published - 2016
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) - IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), 2016 Duration: 4 Sept 2016 → 8 Sept 2016

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Conference	IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC)
Period	04/09/16 → 08/09/16

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N4S: Need for Speed
Porres Paltor, I., Nybom, K., Truscan, D., Ashraf, A., Troubitsyna, E., Byholm, B., Rauf, I. M. & Ahmad, T.
01/01/14 → 31/12/16
Project: Industry/Business Finland

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Rauf, I, Perälä, P, Huotari, J & Porres Paltor, I 2016, Perceived Obstacles by Novice Developers Adopting User Interface APIs and Tools. in A Blackwell, B Plimmer & G Stapleton (eds), Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), 2016 IEEE Symposium on. IEEE, pp. –, IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), 04/09/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/VLHCC.2016.7739689

Perceived Obstacles by Novice Developers Adopting User Interface APIs and Tools. / Rauf, Irum; Perälä, Pekka; Huotari, Jouni et al.
Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), 2016 IEEE Symposium on. ed. / Alan Blackwell; Beryl Plimmer; Gem Stapleton. IEEE, 2016. p. –.

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