ITR: Web Development by Nonprogrammers

EIA-0312668 Mary Beth Rosson Institution：弗吉尼亚理工学院标题：非程序员的Web开发这个ITR小奖为研究非程序员的Web开发以及为非程序员开发和评估Web开发工具提供支持。评价的重点是确定不同性别之间的差异，包括分析用户对最终用户方案编制的需求和期望的与性别有关的特点，以及评估男性和女性对开发的最终用户方案编制工具作出反应的程度。初步研究表明，大量没有编程技能的工人参与了基于网络的开发，许多非程序员受到交互式网络开发固有困难的限制。这个项目通过分析非程序员的需求和期望，然后开发和评估一个面向非程序员的Web开发工具来解决这种情况，在该工具中，Web应用的构建和使用是交错的和无缝的。这个项目的智力价值在于它的可靠的概念基础和它对非程序员的关注，而不是面向程序员的更流行的分析和工具。调查人员有坚实的记录，在此基础上进行了大量的前期工作。最重要的结果可能是为开发人员和项目经理描述非程序员用户组的需求和使用模式的研究结果。评估研究和由此产生的工具有可能通知或影响面向非程序员用户类别的新商业产品的开发。该项目在可转移到商业产品开发之外的许多领域产生了更广泛的影响。关于需求和工具使用方面的性别差异的研究是为大部分劳动力提供工作场所支助的基础。许多非程序员经常被要求参与带有Web开发组件的项目。这项研究可能导致开发工具和工作环境，使没有重大方案编制专业知识的个人更具包容性。这将使更广泛的人口部门能够通过网络媒体以有意义的方式贡献他们的专业知识和远见，成为劳动大军中富有成效的成员。这个项目解决了一个问题和真正需要的领域。目前，尽管许多劳动力部门对非程序员的需求不断增长，但面向非程序员的工具寥寥无几。研究应该向开发人员展示非程序员是如何思考和操作的，从而帮助他们优化工具来支持这一劳动力部门。

EIA - 0312668Mary Beth RossonInstitution: Virginia Polytechnic InstituteTitle: Web Development by NonprogrammersThis ITR small award provides support to study web development by nonprogrammers and to develop and evaluate a web development tool for nonprogrammers. Particular emphasis in the evaluation is placed on determination of differences as a function of gender including an analysis of gender related characteristics of user needs and expectations for end-user programming and an assessment of the extent to which males and females respond to the end-user programming tools that are developed. Pilot studies have shown that substantial numbers of workers without programming skills are involved in web-based development and that many of the nonprogrammers are limited by the difficulties inherent in interactive web development. This project addresses this situation by analyzing nonprogrammers' needs and expectations and then developing and evaluating a web development tool for nonprogrammers in which construction and the use of the web application are interleaved and seamless. The intellectual merit of this project lies in its sound conceptual basis and its focus on nonprogrammers rather than the more prevalent analyses and tools that are oriented towards programmers. The investigators have a solid track record with significant prior work on which to build this study. The most important results may be the research findings that characterize needs and use patterns of the non-programmer user groups for developers and project managers. The evaluative research and the resulting tools have the potential to inform or influence the development of new commercial products oriented towards the non-programmer user class.The project has broader impacts in many areas beyond the transferability to commercial product development. The studies on gender differences in needs and tool use are fundamental to providing workplace support for a large sector of the workforce. Many non-programmers are routinely required to participate in projects with web development components. This research could lead to the development of tools and workplace environments that are more inclusive of individuals without significant programming expertise. This would allow a broader sector of the population to contribute their expertise and visions in meaningful ways through web media as productive members of the workforce. This project addresses a problem and area of real need. Currently there are few tools geared towards nonprogrammers despite the growing demand for them by many sectors of the workforce. The research should show developers how nonprogrammers think and operate and thus help them optimize tools to support this sector of the workforce.