Are visual programming languages better? The role of imagery in program comprehension

DOI10.1006/IJHC.2000.0465MaRDI QIDQ4800519zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Raquel Navarro-Prieto, Jose J. Cañas

Publication date 3 April 2003

Published in International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1006/ijhc.2000.0465

zbMATH Keywords

Cprogram comprehensionspreadsheetsmental modelimageryvisual programming language

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General topics in the theory of software (68N01) Computing methodologies and applications (68U99)

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