Towards a visual programming environment generator for algebraic specifications
Proceedings of the 11th IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages, Darmstadt, Almanya, 5 - 09 Eylül 1995, ss.234-241, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
- Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
- Basıldığı Şehir: Darmstadt
- Basıldığı Ülke: Almanya
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.234-241
- Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
In the visual languages community there has been a growing consensus that visual languages will be most successful in the case of special purpose languages. Furthermore, their success will largely depend on the programming environment which is provided for them. Programming environment generators, generate programming environments for formally specified languages. This paper discusses specification of visual languages and the generation of visual environments. We focus on a picture definition language, VODL, which serves as the basis for defining the syntax of visual languages. We present the language definition and an example showing how VODL is used in defining language syntax and thereafter generating visual editors. Finally, we discuss how to extend this approach in creating a visual specification formalism and a supporting environment for specifying the syntax and semantics of visual languages.