Domain-independent programming by demonstration in existing applications
Citation
Export citationPaynter, G.W. & Witten, I.H. (2001) Domain-independent programming by demonstration in existing applications. In H. Lieberman (Ed.), Your Wish is My Command: Programming by Example (pp. 297-320). San Francisco, USA: Morgan Kaufmann.
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Abstract
This paper describes Familiar, a domain- independent programming by demonstration system for automating iterative tasks in existing, unmodified applications on a popular commercial platform. Familiar is domain- independent in an immediate and practical sense: it requires no domain knowledge from the developer and works immediately with new applications as soon as they are installed. Based on the AppleScript language, the system demonstrates that commercial operating systems are mature enough to support practical, domain- independent programming by demonstration – but only just, for the work exposes many deficiencies.
Date
2001-02Type
Publisher
Morgan Kaufmann
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This article has been published in the book: Your Wish is My Command: Programming by Example. Copyright © 2008 Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco. Used with permission.