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| J. Stelovsky, H. Sugaya, "A System for Specification and Rapid Prototyping of Application Command Languages," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 1023-1032, July, 1988. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/32.42742, author = {J. Stelovsky and H. Sugaya}, title = {A System for Specification and Rapid Prototyping of Application Command Languages}, journal ={IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering}, volume = {14}, number = {7}, issn = {0098-5589}, year = {1988}, pages = {1023-1032}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/32.42742}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - JOUR JO - IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering TI - A System for Specification and Rapid Prototyping of Application Command Languages IS - 7 SN - 0098-5589 SP1023 EP1032 EPD - 1023-1032 A1 - J. Stelovsky, A1 - H. Sugaya, PY - 1988 KW - software tools; programming environments; user interfaces; rapid prototyping; application command languages; XS-2 system; application dialogs; command language grammar; nonprocedural description language; regular expressions; command specification; command tree; automatic translation; Modula-2; grammars; interactive systems; programming environments; software tools; user interfaces VL - 14 JA - IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering ER - | |||
The XS-2 system that integrates specification, rapid prototyping, and the actual use of application dialogs is described. The XS-2 command language grammar, a nonprocedural description language based on regular expressions, is used to specify commands for any application program. The syntax of the command specification is visible to the user: command names and their activation rules are displayed as a command tree. Since a small set of tools is provided for the development of the command specification and its automatic translation into a prototype application module in Modula-2, no programming work is necessary to design and evaluate the commands. Experience shows that an advanced end user can develop his or her own prototype application without a programmer's assistance.
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