Topics in Programming Languages: Direct Manipulation Programming

CMSC 32001 (Spring 2018) | Ravi Chugh | Tu/Th 11:00am-12:20pm | Ryerson 277

Seminar Format

On some Tuesdays, we will demo things we make with programming languages and/or direct manipulation editors.

On most Thursdays, we will discuss papers we read about programming languages and/or direct manipulation editors.

Submit assignments and paper summaries by 8:00am before class so that I can peruse with morning coffee.

Week 1

• [Tu 03.27] Overview of Direct Manipulation Programming in Sketch-n-Sketch
• [Th 03.29] Read: Iterating Between Tools to Create and Edit Visualizations (InfoVis 2016)

Week 2

• [Tu 04.03] Make: Lambda Logo
• [Th 04.05] Read: Object-Oriented Drawing (CHI 2016)

Week 3

• [Tu 04.10] Read: Collection Objects (CHI 2017)
• [Th 04.12] Read: DataInk: Direct and Creative Data-Oriented Drawing (CHI 2018)

Week 4

• [Tu 04.17] Read: Data-Driven Guides (InfoVis 2016)
• [Th 04.19] You can directly manipulate this whitespace.

Week 5

• [Tu 04.24] Read: Supporting Expressive Procedural Art Creation through Direct Manipulation (CHI 2017)
• [Th 04.26] Read: Extending Manual Drawing Practices with Artist-Centric Programming Tools (CHI 2018)

Week 6

• [Tu 05.01] Read: Augmenting Code with In Situ Visualizations to Aid Program Understanding (CHI 2018)
• [Th 05.03] Read: Variolite (CHI 2017) and The Story in the Notebook (CHI 2018)

Week 7

• [Tu 05.08] Read: Visualizing API Usage Examples at Scale (CHI 2018)
• [Th 05.10] Read: Data Illustrator (CHI 2018) and InfoNice (CHI 2018)

Week 8

• [Tu 05.15] Read: A User-Centred Approach to Functions in Excel (ICFP 2003)
• [Th 05.17] Read: Slideshow: Functional Presentations (ICFP 2004 / JFP 2006)

Week 9

• [Tu 05.22] Read: Graphical Definitions: Expanding Spreadsheet Languages through DM and Gestures (TOCHI 1998)
• [Th 05.24] Read: Object Spreadsheets (Onward! 2016)

Week 10

• [Tu 05.29] no class
• [Th 05.31] Make: Fish Animation and Grades Spreadsheet

Potential Reading List

• Lillicon (SIGGRAPH 2015)
• Automating Presentation Changes in Dynamic Web Applications via Collaborative Hybrid Analysis (FSE 2012)
• Scry: Explaining Visual Changes in Web Interfaces (UIST 2015)
• User Interaction Models for Disambiguation in Programming by Example (UIST 2015)
• Nonlinear Revision Control for Images (SIGGRAPH 2011)
• Data-Driven Adaptive History List for Image Editing (I3D 2016)
• Evaluating CoBlox: A Comparative Study of Robotics Programming Environments for Adult Novices (CHI 2018)
• Webstrates: Shareable Dynamic Media (UIST 2015)
• Codestrates: Literate Computing with Webstrates (UIST 2017)
• Penrose (OBT 2017 and DSLDI 2017)