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User-Interface Tools: Introduction and Survey

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Brad A. MyersAuthors Info & Claims

IEEE Software, Volume 6, Issue 1

Pages 15 - 23

https://doi.org/10.1109/52.16898

Published: 01 January 1989 Publication History

Abstract

An overview is given of user-interface development systems (UIDS). Systems are classified by how they let the programmer specify the interfaces, and examples of each type are given. The three types are language-based, graphical, and automatic creation interfaces. Shortcomings of UIDS and user-interface toolkits are discussed.

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January 1989

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