Casual Source Code Editing

Ender Minyard

Casual Source Code Editing

Software Engineering 2023-03-16 v1 Human-Computer Interaction

Authors: Ender Minyard

Abstract

There has been substantial research undertaken on the role of computational systems that encourage autotelic creativity. Previous studies on the role of software in autotelic creativity have not explored code editing tools in much detail. This study sets out to examine the role of code editing tools in autotelic creativity. The principal findings of this research are that existing code editors can be adapted to support casual creativity, and that casual creators exhibit standard interaction design patterns.

Keywords

software refactoring software engineering generative design

Cite

@article{arxiv.2303.08244,
  title  = {Casual Source Code Editing},
  author = {Ender Minyard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.08244},
  year   = {2023}
}

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