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Myers, Brad. A.

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DOI: 10.4230/DagRep.8.2.1
Evidence About Programmers for Programming Language Design (Dagstuhl Seminar 18061)

Authors: Andreas Stefik, Bonita Sharif, Brad. A. Myers, and Stefan Hanenberg

Published in: Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 8, Issue 2 (2018)

Abstract
The report documents the program and outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 18061 "Evidence About Programmers for Programming Language Design". The seminar brought together a diverse group of researchers from the fields of computer science education, programming languages, software engineering, human-computer interaction, and data science. At the seminar, participants discussed methods for designing and evaluating programming languages that take the needs of programmers directly into account. The seminar included foundational talks to introduce the breadth of perspectives that were represented among the participants; then, groups formed to develop research agendas for several subtopics, including novice programmers, cognitive load, language features, and love of programming languages. The seminar concluded with a discussion of the current SIGPLAN artifact evaluation mechanism and the need for evidence standards in empirical studies of programming languages.
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Andreas Stefik, Bonita Sharif, Brad. A. Myers, and Stefan Hanenberg. Evidence About Programmers for Programming Language Design (Dagstuhl Seminar 18061). In Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 8, Issue 2, pp. 1-25, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)

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@Article{stefik_et_al:DagRep.8.2.1,
  author =	{Stefik, Andreas and Sharif, Bonita and Myers, Brad. A. and Hanenberg, Stefan},
  title =	{{Evidence About Programmers for Programming Language Design (Dagstuhl Seminar 18061)}},
  pages =	{1--25},
  journal =	{Dagstuhl Reports},
  ISSN =	{2192-5283},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{8},
  number =	{2},
  editor =	{Stefik, Andreas and Sharif, Bonita and Myers, Brad. A. and Hanenberg, Stefan},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagRep.8.2.1},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-92887},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagRep.8.2.1},
  annote =	{Keywords: programming language design, computer science education, empirical software engineering, eye tracking, evidence standards}
}

Myers, Brad A.

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DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.PLATEAU.2019.2
A Pilot Study of the Safety and Usability of the Obsidian Blockchain Programming Language

Authors: Gauri Kambhatla, Michael Coblenz, Reed Oei, Joshua Sunshine, Jonathan Aldrich, and Brad A. Myers

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 76, 10th Workshop on Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools (PLATEAU 2019)

Abstract
Although blockchains have been proposed for building systems that execute critical transactions, security vulnerabilities have plagued programs that are deployed on blockchain systems. The programming language Obsidian was developed with the purpose of statically preventing some of the more common of these security risks, specifically the loss of resources and improper manipulation of objects. The question then is whether Obsidian’s novel features impact the usability of the language. In this paper, we begin to evaluate Obsidian with respect to usability, and develop materials for a quantitative user study through a sequence of pilot studies. Specifically, our goal was to assess a) potential usability problems of Obsidian, b) the effectiveness of a tutorial for participants to learn the language, and c) the design of programming tasks to evaluate performance using the language. Our preliminary results tentatively suggest that the complexity of Obsidian’s features do not hinder usability, although these results will be validated in the quantitative study. We also observed the following factors as being important in a given programmer’s ability to learn Obsidian: a) integrating very frequent opportunities for practice of the material - e.g., after less than a page of material at a time, and b) previous programming experience and self-efficacy.
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Gauri Kambhatla, Michael Coblenz, Reed Oei, Joshua Sunshine, Jonathan Aldrich, and Brad A. Myers. A Pilot Study of the Safety and Usability of the Obsidian Blockchain Programming Language. In 10th Workshop on Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools (PLATEAU 2019). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 76, pp. 2:1-2:11, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2020)

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@InProceedings{kambhatla_et_al:OASIcs.PLATEAU.2019.2,
  author =	{Kambhatla, Gauri and Coblenz, Michael and Oei, Reed and Sunshine, Joshua and Aldrich, Jonathan and Myers, Brad A.},
  title =	{{A Pilot Study of the Safety and Usability of the Obsidian Blockchain Programming Language}},
  booktitle =	{10th Workshop on Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools (PLATEAU 2019)},
  pages =	{2:1--2:11},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-135-1},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2020},
  volume =	{76},
  editor =	{Chasins, Sarah and Glassman, Elena L. and Sunshine, Joshua},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.PLATEAU.2019.2},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-119564},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.PLATEAU.2019.2},
  annote =	{Keywords: smart contracts, programming language user study, language usability}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DagSemProc.07081.1
07081 Abstracts Collection --- End-User Software Engineering

Authors: Margaret M. Burnett, Gregor Engels, Brad A. Myers, and Gregg Rothermel

Published in: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 7081, End-User Software Engineering (2007)

Abstract
From 18.01.07 to 23.02.07, the Dagstuhl Seminar 07081 ``End-User Software Engineering'' was held in the International Conference and Research Center (IBFI), Schloss Dagstuhl. During the seminar, several participants presented their current research, and ongoing work and open problems were discussed. Abstracts of the presentations given during the seminar as well as abstracts of seminar results and ideas are put together in this paper. The first section describes the seminar topics and goals in general. Links to extended abstracts or full papers are provided, if available.
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Margaret M. Burnett, Gregor Engels, Brad A. Myers, and Gregg Rothermel. 07081 Abstracts Collection --- End-User Software Engineering. In End-User Software Engineering. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 7081, pp. 1-12, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2007)

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@InProceedings{burnett_et_al:DagSemProc.07081.1,
  author =	{Burnett, Margaret M. and Engels, Gregor and Myers, Brad A. and Rothermel, Gregg},
  title =	{{07081 Abstracts Collection --- End-User Software Engineering}},
  booktitle =	{End-User Software Engineering},
  pages =	{1--12},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2007},
  volume =	{7081},
  editor =	{Margaret H. Burnett and Gregor Engels and Brad A. Myers and Gregg Rothermel},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.07081.1},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-11000},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.07081.1},
  annote =	{Keywords: End user software engineering, end-user programming, human-computer interaction, programming language design}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DagSemProc.07081.2
07081 Executive Summary – End-User Software Engineering

Authors: Margaret M. Burnett, Gregor Engels, Brad A. Myers, and Gregg Rothermel

Published in: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 7081, End-User Software Engineering (2007)

Abstract
From 18.01.07 to 23.02.07, the Dagstuhl Seminar 07081, "End-User Software Engineering'', was held in the International Conference and Research Center (IBFI), Schloss Dagstuhl. During the seminar, several participants presented their current research, and ongoing work and open problems were discussed. This document summarizes the event.
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Margaret M. Burnett, Gregor Engels, Brad A. Myers, and Gregg Rothermel. 07081 Executive Summary – End-User Software Engineering. In End-User Software Engineering. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 7081, pp. 1-2, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2007)

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@InProceedings{burnett_et_al:DagSemProc.07081.2,
  author =	{Burnett, Margaret M. and Engels, Gregor and Myers, Brad A. and Rothermel, Gregg},
  title =	{{07081 Executive Summary – End-User Software Engineering}},
  booktitle =	{End-User Software Engineering},
  pages =	{1--2},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2007},
  volume =	{7081},
  editor =	{Margaret H. Burnett and Gregor Engels and Brad A. Myers and Gregg Rothermel},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.07081.2},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-10983},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.07081.2},
  annote =	{Keywords: End user software engineering, end-user programming, human-computer interaction, programming language design}
}
Document
DOI: 10.4230/DagSemProc.07081.9
End Users Creating More Effective Software

Authors: Brad A. Myers

Published in: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 7081, End-User Software Engineering (2007)

Abstract
Slides for my talk on various ways to create end user software.
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Brad A. Myers. End Users Creating More Effective Software. In End-User Software Engineering. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 7081, p. 1, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2007)

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@InProceedings{myers:DagSemProc.07081.9,
  author =	{Myers, Brad A.},
  title =	{{End Users Creating More Effective Software}},
  booktitle =	{End-User Software Engineering},
  pages =	{1--1},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2007},
  volume =	{7081},
  editor =	{Margaret H. Burnett and Gregor Engels and Brad A. Myers and Gregg Rothermel},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.07081.9},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-10934},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.07081.9},
  annote =	{Keywords: Programming, End-User Software Engineering, Visual Programming, Programming by Example, Spreadsheets}
}
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