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Example centric programming

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ACM SIGPLAN Notices, Volume 39, Issue 12

Pages 84 - 91

https://doi.org/10.1145/1052883.1052894

Published: 01 December 2004 Publication History

Abstract

Programmers tend to understand programs by thinking of concrete examples. Example Centric Programming seeks to add IDE support for examples throughout the process of programming. Instead of programmers interpreting examples in their head, the examples are written down and the IDE interprets them automatically. Advanced UI techniques are used to present the results closely integrated with the code. Traditionally distinct programming tools (the editor, Read-Eval-Print-Loop, debugger, and test runner) are unified into a single tool that might be called an example-enlightened editor. This is expected to benefit a wide spectrum of programming activities, for both novice and experienced programmers. Some novel methods for testing and development are made possible. In the longer term, example centrism has implications for the design of future programming languages. A prototype has been implemented for Java in Eclipse.

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Example centric programming
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software verification and validation
      1. Software defect analysis
        Software testing and debugging
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Development frameworks and environments

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ACM SIGPLAN Notices Volume 39, Issue 12

December 2004

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DOI:10.1145/1052883

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